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Oxford Study Program - July 5-26, 2010

“Oxford 2010,” Southwestern Seminary's Summer Study Program, is designed to give students the opportunity to earn master's-level course credit while residing in Oxford, England. Classes are taught by seminary faculty.

Along with classroom study, the Oxford Program includes on-site visits to historical and cultural venues throughout Great Britain. Travel is provided by chartered coach and includes stops at such places as the homes of William Carey and the Modern Missions Movement in Northamptonshire, of the English Baptists and the American Puritans in Gainsborough, of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon, of the Oxford Martyrs, of Henry VIII and Charles Haddon Spurgeon in London, of William Wordsworth in the Lake District, of John Knox in Edinburgh, and of golf in St. Andrews.

The cost of the program varies from year-to-year and includes all accommodations in Oxford, all meals while in England, tips, and fees to the Seminary. The Oxford Study Program is conducted under the auspices of the Center for Theological Research.

British History & Preaching

Experience Oxford, the university city of the Inklings, the creators of the lands of Middle Earth and Narnia. Visit the Kilns, the home of C.S. Lewis, as you study the thought of one of the 20th century’s greatest Christian apologists.

See the pulpits, both in churches and out of doors, where famous preachers, missionaries, and martyrs faithfully proclaimed the Word of God throughout British and Baptist history. Visit sites related to John Wyclif, William Tyndale, Hugh Latimer, John Knox, John Bunyan, William Carey, Andrew Fuller, John Wesley, George Whitefield, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and John Stott, in famous cities such as Oxford, London, Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Gainsborough, and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Earn Credit Hours

Earn up to 6 hours of credit
Off-campus students may earn 6 hours of on-campus credit

Professors

Dorothy Patterson, Women in Church History Focused Study: Puritans WOMST 5023
Edward Pauley, Christian Apologetics PHILO 4373
Terri Stovall, The Ministry of Education EDMIN 3003
Malcolm Yarnell, Baptist Heritage BPTST 3203