Welcome to the MWRC

The Manchester Wesley Research Centre promotes and supports research on the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries in the 18th century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and contemporary scholarship in the Wesleyan and Evangelical tradition. This includes areas such as theology, history, biblical studies, education, ethics, literature, mission, philosophy, pastoral studies, practical theology, and social theology.

The MWRC is located on the campus of Nazarene Theological College in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury and is affiliated with the Methodist Archives, housed in The University of Manchester John Rylands Library. These research centres provide magnificent resources for students and researchers in this field.

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If you are interested in further information about the Wesley Centre and its programmes, or would like to be placed on the mailing list for information about forthcoming events, please contact the Director at the following address:

Manchester Wesley Research Centre
Dene Road
Didsbury, Manchester
England M20 2GU

MWRC Director
Geordan Hammond, Ph.D.
Email: ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk

Postgraduate Assistant
Chris Foster
Email: cfoster@nazarene.ac.uk 

 

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JUNIOR FELLOWS (GRADUATED) IN WESLEY STUDIES

Pierre Banza, 'To "Men of Reason and Religion": John Wesley as an Apologist for "Methodism", with Special Reference to His Debates with Josiah Tucker, Thomas Church, and "John Smith" ' (M.Phil. thesis, Nazarene Theological College), 2010. 

Cary Balzer, 'John Wesley's Developing Soteriology and the Influence of the Caroline Divines', (NTC), 2005.

Deirdre Brower Latz, 'A Contextual Reading of John Wesley's Theology and the Emergent Church: Critical Reflections on the Emergent Church Movement in Respect to Aspects of Wesley's Theology, Ecclesiology and Urban Poverty' (University of Manchester), 2009.

Robbie Brown, 'Joy of Heaven to Earth Come Down: Perfection and Millennium in the Eschatology of John Wesley' (MPhil, NTC), 2011. 

Michael T. Burns, 'John Wesley's Doctrine of Perfect Love as a Theological Mandate for Inclusion and Diversity' (NTC), 2009. 

J. Gregory Crofford, 'Streams of Mercy: Prevenient Grace in the Theology of John and Charles Wesley' (NTC), 2008. Published as under the same title by Emeth Press (2010).

Joseph W. Cunningham, ‘Perceptible Inspiration: A Model for John Wesley’s Pneumatology’ (NTC), 2010.

John Austin Dolan, 'Methodist Lay Sectarianism: The Independent Methodists 1796-1927' (NTC), 2004. Revised and published as The Independent Methodists: A History (2005).

J. Russell Frazier, 'The Doctrine of Dispensations in the Thought of John William Fletcher (1729-1785)' (NTC), 2011. 

Karl L. Ganske, 'The Religion of the Heart and Growth in Grace: John Wesley's Selection and Editing of Puritan Literature for A Christian Library' (NTC), 2009.

Geordan Hammond, 'Restoring Primitive Christianity: John Wesley and Georgia, 1735-1737' (University of Manchester), 2008.

David John Hart, 'Emergence and Development of Methodism in Norwich 1754-1802' (University of Manchester), 2010.

Marcie Huson, ‘A Critical Comparison of Theological Method in John Wesley with that of Vladimir Lossky’ (NTC), 2011.

Thomas Glenn Jackson III 'Jack', 'A Wesleyan Theology of Evangelism as Proclamation' (Cliff College), 2009.

Chris Lohrstorfer, 'Know Your Disease, Know Your Cure: A Critical Analysis of John Wesley's Sources for his Doctrine of Original Sin', (NTC), 2006. 

Barbara Prosser, ' "An Arrow from a Quiver" Written Instruction for a Reading People: John Wesley's Arminian Magazine (January 1778 - February 1791)' (University of Manchester), 2008.

John Read, 'Catherine Booth: The Foundation of a Salvationist Spirituality' (NTC), 2012.

Stan Rodes, ‘"From Faith to Faith": The Servant-Son Metaphor in John Wesley’s Theological Thought' (NTC), 2011.

David Stark, '"The Peculiar Doctrine Committed to Our Trust": Ideal and Identity in the First Wesleyan Holiness Revival, 1758-1763' (NTC), 2011.

David Wilson, 'Church and Chapel: Parish Ministry and Methodism in Madeley c. 1760-1785, with Special Reference to the Ministry of John Fletcher' (University of Manchester), 2010.