NOBTS’ Oxford Study Program spans notable lectures & historical sites

OXFORD, England (BP) — Looking to provide educational opportunities outside of the regular classroom setting, a group from New Orleans Seminary attended the 2004 Wycliffe Hall Summer School on the campus of Oxford University in conjunction with a new initiative – the NOBTS Oxford Study Program.

Under the direction of Robert Stewart, NOBTS assistant professor of philosophy and theology, a group of 27 students, alumni and family members traveled to England and Scotland for a combination study program and sightseeing tour July 5-18.

Alister McGrath, author of The Twilight of Atheism and professor of historical theology at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, was the featured lecturer for the summer education program at Oxford University.

Other lecturers included Reformation theologian and vice principal of Wycliffe Hall, Graham Tomlin, author of The Provocative Church, and author/evangelist Michael Green.

The trip began by traveling to Grassmere, home of the English poet William Wordsworth. A two-night stay in Edinburgh, Scotland included a guided tour of Edinburgh Castle, birthplace of King James VI, commissioner of the King James Version of the Bible.

Other tour stops included the home churches of John Bunyan, John Sutcliffe, John Newton, William Carey and John Wesley. In London, the group toured St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey (site of coronations) and worshiped at the church led by Charles Spurgeon, the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle.

Tours provided by Wycliffe Hall also allowed the group to visit sites connected to C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.