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Details for the 2024 Sam Sharpe lecture are now available here: https://tinyurl.com/3udys6u9

Plenty of evening tickets available for this event to celebrate the work of Professor Sir Hilary Beckles 13 November. The afternoon event is now fully booked.

Interrogating Injustices - Regent's Park College Regent’s Park College is a small, dynamic community at the heart of the City and University of Oxford, specialising in the Arts and Humanities.

Just one ticket remaining for our Day Conference on Dissent in a Digital Age, 7th November 2024:

Dissent in a Digital Age Day Conference at Regent's Park College Tickets are now available for Dissent in a Digital Age Day Conference at Regent's Park College, Oxford on Thursday 7th November 2024. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

The CBS reading group, led by Andy Goodliff will look at Sean Winter's 2007 Whitely Lecture 'More Light and Truth?' on Tuesday evening at 8pm - more here:

Book Club Andy Goodliff hosts a book club, in 2024 they are revisiting Whitley Lectures. Click the book title for the text of the original lecture, then watch the video of the book club discussion:

Looking forward to this joint conference with the Anabaptists in February, bookings open now:

Beyond 500: A Baptist-Anabaptist Conversation - Regent's Park College Beyond 500: A Baptist-Anabaptist ConversationA one-day conference at Regent’s Park College Oxford. 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of the baptism of a group of believers in Zurich, soon dubbed ‘Anabaptists’ and persecuted for their convictions about discipleship, church and mission. Many Brit...

Interrogating Injustices - with Prof Sir Hilary Beckles.
CBS are honoured to be one of the organisers of these two events in November, the afternoon event is nearly full but there are spaces available for the evening book launch

Interrogating Injustices - Regent's Park College Regent’s Park College is a small, dynamic community at the heart of the City and University of Oxford, specialising in the Arts and Humanities.

Read Sally Nelson's Baptist Quarterly review of CBS's recent book 'Voicing New Questions for Baptist Identity' here

Voicing New Questions for Baptist Identity Published in Baptist Quarterly (Vol. 55, No. 3, 2024)

Baptist Quarterly have reviewed CBS's recent book 'A Woman Shall Do It: Edith Gates, Neglected Pioneer' - read the review here:

‘A Woman Shall Do It’: Edith Gates, Neglected Pioneer (1883–1962) Published in Baptist Quarterly (Vol. 55, No. 3, 2024)

One of our new Centre Research Associates, Ruth Moriarty, has recently published 'Slow wisdom: Baptist discernment at the Church Meeting' available here:

Slow wisdom: Baptist discernment at the Church Meeting Slow wisdom is a Baptist model of communual discernment in practice at the Church Meeting. This qualitative research project explores how four Baptist churches discern the 'mind of Christ' together. An analysis of the historical and biblical basis of the Baptist Church Meeting is provided. As a n...

A final reminder that the Project Violet International Symposium Call for Papers closes on Friday. Details here:

Project Violet International Symposium - Regent's Park College Regent’s Park College is a small, dynamic community at the heart of the City and University of Oxford, specialising in the Arts and Humanities.

The Reading Group organised by Andy Goodliff will discuss 'Being Human', Kate Coleman's 2006 Whitley Lecture tonight, 25 June at 8pm. Contact Andy if you'd like to join the discussion live. https://www.rpc.ox.ac.uk/research-life/centre-for-baptist-studies/conferences-events/cbs-book-club/

The Learning Collective had a fantastic away-day in Didcot yesterday. Please encourage people to join this valuable and accessible course. New intake from September, details here https://www.cbs-oxford.com/booking.html

One week remaining for you to submit a short outline to be considered for this International Symposium next January. Details here:

Project Violet International Symposium - Regent's Park College Regent’s Park College is a small, dynamic community at the heart of the City and University of Oxford, specialising in the Arts and Humanities.

Advance notice of our February 2025 day conference with the Baptist Historical Society and the Centre for Anabaptist Studies 'Beyond 500: A Baptist-Anabaptist Conversation' more here

Beyond 500: A Baptist-Anabaptist Conversation - Regent's Park College Beyond 500: A Baptist-Anabaptist ConversationA one-day conference at Regent’s Park College Oxford. 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of the baptism of a group of believers in Zurich, soon dubbed ‘Anabaptists’ and persecuted for their convictions about discipleship, church and mission. Many Brit...

Our friends at the Anabaptist Mennonite Network are running an online module starting in November. https://amnetwork.uk/encountering-the-anabaptists-2/

17 days remaining for you to submit a short outline to be considered for this International Symposium next January. Details here:

Project Violet International Symposium - Regent's Park College Regent’s Park College is a small, dynamic community at the heart of the City and University of Oxford, specialising in the Arts and Humanities.

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The online reading group looking at Whitley Lectures continues on 25th June at 8pm contact to join. Previous sessions are on a dedicated YouTube playlist here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnZM90CHD9PhMt0BjmQ_aMDyvY3LQXZFi

CBS and Regent's Park College are pleased to offer this new course on Baptist Histories. Open to all, in three parts comprising four units of two weeks each, more details here: https://tinyurl.com/ywf48uvd

There are more details about our forthcoming day-conference on Dissent in a Digital Age on the website here: http://rpc.ox.ac.uk/event/dissent-in-a-digital-age
Registration is free.

CALL FOR PAPERS (Reminder) - the Project Violet International Symposium for academically-engaged Baptist women to reflect on the findings. Click her for more https://rpc.ox.ac.uk/research-life/centre-for-baptist-studies/research-projects-partnerships/project-violet/project-violet-international-symposium/… Deadline 28 June.

CBS recently hosted the McCandless Lecture 2024 - with Derek C. Hatch speaking on 'Gathering of Gatherings: Where the Local and the Catholic Meet. Watch it here:

McCandless Lecture 2024 - Derek C. Hatch Gathering of Gatherings: Where the Local and the Catholic Meet

The Learning Collective is an excellent course for Baptist church members and deacons who want to think more deeply about the way they serve God in and beyond the Church. Open for September 2024 intake. Register your interest now. Find out more here: https://www.cbs-oxford.com/tlc.html

The Baptists and Biblical Scholarship conference ended (fittingly) with a look at G R Beasley Murray and The Book of Revelation from Simon Woodman

G R Beasley Murray and The Book of Revelation - Simon Woodman From the 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship: Historical and Contemporary Reflections' day conference held 9 May 2024, organised by CBS and Baptist Historical...

The penultimate talk from the Baptists and Biblical Scholarship conference saw Deborah Rooke discuss the Old Testament Scholars H. Wheeler Robinson and G. Henton Davies:

The Nephilim of Regent's Park College - Deborah Rooke Old Testament Scholars H. Wheeler Robinson and G. Henton Davies. From the 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship: Historical and Contemporary Reflections' day co...

Another of our talks from the Baptists and Biblical Scholarship day conference is available now - hear speak on Roger Williams, the Bible and the Far Right Today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9uTKUH7fY

For the third session of our recent 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship' day conference, Robin Routledge spoke on 'Baptists and the Old Testament'. Now available here:

Baptists and the Old Testament - Robin Routledge From the 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship: Historical and Contemporary Reflections' day conference held 9 May 2024, organised by CBS and Baptist Historical...

We hope you are as inspired by the findings of Project Violet as we are. Academically-engaged Baptist women are now invited to submit proposals for papers to be presented at an online International Symposium, to be held in January. More here:

Project Violet International Symposium - Regent's Park College Regent’s Park College is a small, dynamic community at the heart of the City and University of Oxford, specialising in the Arts and Humanities.

The second video from our Baptists and Biblical Scholarship conference is now available - Steve Finamore addresses 'Baptist Ecclesiology and the Authority of the Bible'

Baptist Ecclesiology and the Authority of the Bible - Steve Finamore From the 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship: Historical and Contemporary Reflections' day conference held 9 May 2024, organised by CBS and Baptist Historical...

The first video from our day conference on 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship' is now available on YouTube. Peter Oakes spoke on 'Manchester Non-Confromity as a context for being a Baptist Biblical Scholar'

'Manchester Non-Conformity as a context for being a Baptist Biblical Scholar' - Peter Oakes From the 'Baptists and Biblical Scholarship: Historical and Contemporary Reflections' day conference held 9 May 2024, organised by CBS and Baptist Historical...