Geordan Hammond, Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S., Acting Associate Professor in Methodist and Wesleyan Studies, Candler School of Theology, Emory University; Senior Research Fellow in Church History and Wesley Studies at Nazarene Theological College.
Dr Hammond is co-editor of the journal Wesley and Methodist Studies and the book series Studies in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of The University of Manchester and Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is a member of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission sponsored by the World Methodist Council and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.
He formerly served as Administrator and Research Fellow (2006-10) and Director of the MWRC (2010-24).
Dr Hammond supervises PhD students in the areas of church history and historical theology, including Methodist, Wesleyan, Evangelical, Holiness, and Pentecostal studies. Enquiries from students who want to study or research in these areas are welcome. Currently, he’s supervising several PhD students, and has supervised over ten PhD students to completion.
Publications
‘George Whitefield in America: A Documentary Journey’, a digital exhibition for Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, featuring images and descriptions twelve rare books and manuscripts held by the library.
David Bundy, Geordan Hammond, and David Sang-Ehil Han (eds), Holiness and Pentecostal Movements: Intertwined Pasts, Presents, and Futures (Penn State University Press, 2022; paperback, 2023) and co-author of the ‘Introduction: Intertwined History, Theology, and Scholarship’, which is available here. A flyer with a 30% discount code can be found here.
William Gibson and Geordan Hammond (eds), Religion in Britain, 1660-1900: Essays in Honour of Peter B. Nockles, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 97/1 (Spring 2021). Introduction to the book, available here (link to it on manchesterhive here). A video of the book launch is available here.
‘Reflecting on Responsible Grace after Twenty-Five Years’, Wesleyan Theological Journal 56:1 (Spring 2021), 138-46, available here.
‘John Wesley on Prevenient Grace’, Holiness Today 22:5 (Sept/Oct 2020), 8-11, available here.
‘The Correspondence of George Whitefield Project: A Report and Reflection on the Early Stages’, Wesleyan Theological Journal 54:1 (Spring 2019), 57-70, available here.
Entries on John Wesley and George Whitefield for The Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 2017), available here.
George Whitefield: Life, Context, and Legacy (Oxford University Press, 2016; paperback, 2021), co-edited with David Ceri Jones and author of the chapter ‘Whitefield, John Wesley, and Revival Leadership’. Flyer with a 30% discount code. The book has been reviewed in Reading Religion and Firebrand. It is available through some libraries via Oxford Scholarship Online.
John Wesley in America: Restoring Primitive Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2014; paperback, 2016). Flyers with a 30% discount order form/code for the paperback: UK version, US version. A presentation relating to the book can be found here. Blogs and news stories relating to the book: OUPblog and John Rylands Library Special Collections. It is available through some libraries via Oxford Scholarship Online.
Entry on The Radical Reformers for the Global Wesleyan Dictionary of Theology (Beacon Hill Press, 2013), available here.
Geordan Hammond and Peter S. Forsaith (eds), Religion, Gender and Industry: Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting (Pickwick Publications, 2011). Available via JSTOR Books.
Entries on Richard Allen, Jarena Lee, John Wesley, and George Whitefield for the Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Zondervan, 2011), available here.
‘John Wesley’s Relations with the Lutheran Pietist Clergy in Georgia’, in Christian T. Collins Winn et. al. eds., The Pietist Impulse in Christianity (Pickwick Publications, 2011).
‘The Wesleys’ Sacramental Theology and Practice in Georgia’, Proceedings of the Charles Wesley Society 13 (2009), 53-73. For a copy of the article, click here.
'John Wesley and "Imitating" Christ', Wesleyan Theological Journal 45:1 (Spring 2010), 197-212. For a copy of the article, click here.
'Versions of Primitive Christianity: John Wesley's Relations with the Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1737', Journal of Moravian History 6 (2009), 31-60.
'High Church Anglican Influences on John Wesley's Conception of Primitive Christianity, 1732-1735', Anglican and Episcopal History 78:2 (June 2009), 174-207.
'John Wesley's Mindset at the Commencement of His Georgia Sojourn: Suffering and the Introduction of Primitive Christianity to the Indians', Methodist History 47:1 (Oct. 2008), 16-25. For a copy of the article, click here.
'John Wesley in Georgia: Success or Failure?', Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society 56:6 (Oct. 2008), 297-305. For a copy of the article, click here.
‘The Revival of Practical Christianity: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Samuel Wesley, and the Clerical Society Movement’ in Revival and Resurgence in Christian History, Studies in Church History 44 (Boydell Press, 2008),116-27.
Doctoral thesis
‘Restoring Primitive Christianity: John Wesley and Georgia, 1735-1737’, (University of Manchester, 2008). Awarded the 2009 Wesleyan Theological Society Outstanding Dissertation Award and the 2011 Jesse Lee Prize.
PhD research supervision
Current Supervision: Richard E. Clark, Stephen Oliver, Thomas Elliott, Jr, Andrew Miller, Jesse L. Heath
Past Supervision: Pierre Banza, David Stark, Kiyeong Chang, Hunter Cummings, Olga Druzhinina (co-supervisor), Klaus Arnold, Mark K. Olson, Kelly Diehl Yates, Andrew J. Pottenger, Thomas Sie-Ngiu Lau, Robert Pelfrey, Crawford Stevener, Robert Brewis
Email: ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk