Oxford Institute
This week, dozens of Methodist scholars and leaders from around the world are in Oxford, England, for the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. This conference, held once every five years, is a major event in the academic life of global Methodism.
The theme for this meeting is "'THY GRACE RESTORE, THY WORK REVIVE': Revival, Reform, and Revolution in Global Methodism." A description of that theme is available on the webpage for this year's meeting.
The theme is interpreted in ten different "working groups," including ones on topics of interest to this blog such as mission and evangelism, history, and interreligious studies. Descriptions of how that theme is interpreted in each of these working groups are available here.
In addition, the Institute includes a number of keynote addresses for all participants. The names of presenters for these keynotes are available on the Institute schedule.
For those who are interested in more, about the Oxford Institute, archives of previous meetings are available on the website. Moreover, GBHEM just published a book containing papers from the previous Oxford Institute meeting in 2013.
A United Methodist layman and blogmaster of UM & Global, Dr. David W. Scott serves as director of mission theology for the General Board of Global Ministries. The opinions expressed in this post are entire his and do not necessarily reflect any official stances of Global Ministries. UM & Global is the collaborative blog of United Methodist Professors of Mission.