Malvern Group Meeting – 'Richard Baxter and William Taylor, have attitudes and responses to Christian-Muslim relations changed?
Thursday 13 February 2025
In his talk, John will use Baxter and Taylor to illustrate changing attitudes and responses in Christian-Muslim relations and introduce the book series that he co-edits: Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History 1500-1914.
- Start Date:
- Thursday 13th February 2025
- Start Time:
- 7:30PM
- Location:
- Friends Meeting House, 1 Orchard Road, Malvern, WR14 3DA
- Email:
- andrewrobertwebb@googlemail.com
- Speakers:
- Dr John Chesworth
Richard Baxter (1615-91), Puritan divine and 'lecturer' at St Mary's Kidderminster during the Commonwealth, wrote about other faiths in The reasons for Christian religion.
William Taylor (1856-1927) was born in Worcester and went to work as a missionary in Mombasa, where he interacted with the Muslim community.
In his talk, John will use Baxter and Taylor to illustrate changing attitudes and responses in Christian-Muslim relations and introduce the book series that he co-edits: Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History 1500-1914.
John was a lecturer at St. Philip’s Theological College, Kongwa, Tanzania from 1989-2000, then at St. Paul’s United Theological College (now St. Paul’s University), Limuru, Kenya from 2000-2006. Whilst there he developed an MA programme in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. From 2006-2009, he was involved in Sharia Debates in Africa project, an interdisciplinary research project on responses to Islamic Law in selected sub-Saharan states.
From 2008-2012, he was at was an Honorary Research Fellow St. Stephen’s House and member of Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford.
Currently, John is a Research Officer in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, working with Professor David Thomas on a four year AHRC funded project to compile the documentary history of relations between Muslims and Christians in the period 1500-1900
This meeting will also be broadcast via zoom. Please email for details.
info@pcnmalvern.org.uk