Oxford and Manchester Methodist Studies Seminar: Manchester

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The theme of the seminar is the Ejection of 1662, Samuel Wesley and Methodism

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As 2012 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Wesley, senior and the ‘Great Ejection’, several of the papers are focused on Samuel Wesley and the relationship between Methodism and Nonconformity.

Time	Event
10am	Arrivals, Tea & Coffee
10.25am	Welcome  (Dr Geordan Hammond)
10.30am	The Implications of the Great Ejection Dr David Appleby, University of Nottingham  (Chair: Prof William Gibson)
11.10am	Samuel Wesley and the Dissenters’ Private Academie Dr Mark Burden, University of Oxford  (Chair: Prof William Gibson)
11.50am	Tea & Coffee
12.05pm	‘None but Presbyterian Baptism’: Samuel Wesley, Disputes and Dissenters Prof William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University  (Chair: Dr Mark Burden)
12.45pm	Lunch
1.30pm	John Wesley: Non-conformist Conformist? Richard Saunders-Hindley, Cliff College  (Chair: Dr Geordan Hammond)
2.10pm	Methodism Oscillating between the Poles of an Institutional Church and a Nonconformist Movement whose Mission Anticipated the End of Christendom Maximilian Hölzl, Cliff College  (Chair: Dr Joseph Wood)
2.50pm	Tea & Coffee
3.05pm	Ministerial Training and Higher Education among Methodists and Evangelical Dissenters, 1760-1860 Prof Isabel Rivers, Queen Mary, University of London  (Chair: Dr Peter Forsaith)
3.45pm	Wesley, the Quadrilateral, and the Land Revd Dr Howard Snyder, Asbury Theological Seminary  (Chair: Revd Dr David Rainey)
4.25pm	Closing Discussion and Comments

There is no cost for attending the seminar or for lunch; however, registering in advance is required. Please register by 23 November by emailing, Chris Foster, the Manchester Wesley Research Centre Postgraduate Assistant, details below.