John Maiden
Historian of modern Christianity; Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies; Director of Evangelical Studies Program. Researching charismatic renewal on island of Ireland; writing biography of Michael Harper. In spare time frustrated by Manchester United. Manc.
- www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #Skystorians ! This term the @ihr.bsky.social @ihrmodernrelighist.bsky.social Speakers include David Feldman (@bisa-bkk.bsky.social ), Priscilla Pope-Levison and John Coffey.
- Check out this blog piece by my OU colleague Stefanie Sinclair on the future of #ReligiousEducation curriculum in England. This is an important moment and opportunity for the subject area. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @openuniversity.bsky.social #RE @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social
- Radiohead Manic Street Preachers Rush Sigur Ros Robert Plant
- Some films I was involved in making about religion and peacebuilding: on the #Corrymeela Community and the St Philip's Centre, #Leicester www.open.edu/openlearn/hi... Thanks to Riaz Ravat and Alex Wimberly for their interviews. #peacebuilding @openuniversity.bsky.social
- www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... I'll be talking about new research on charismatic Christianity and the Troubles at @ihrmodernrelighist.bsky.social on Weds 26 Nov (please note this talk is online only). Booking via the link. @ihr.bsky.social #skystorians
- Well this was an unexpected opportunity while visiting Notre Dame! This audio archive is going to be an incredible resource for research on liberation theology.
- www.reonline.org.uk/2025/11/06/a... "a once-in-a-generation opportunity" "I urge the religion and worldviews community-educators, faith and belief groups and policymakers – to come together for the common good" Very much endorse @kathrynfenlodge.bsky.social on this. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social
- Thanks Josh Cass and @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social for this review of our book on teaching religious diversity, past and present. www.reonline.org.uk/2025/11/03/t...
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- Move over #Oasis. This is the reunion tour that matters. And I’m a Manc. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... #rush
- Our first @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious History seminar of the year is 15 October at 17.30 UK time. Our speaker is @alephross.bsky.social . To book: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #Skystorians #history @hannahelias.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @graceheaton.bsky.social
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- Great first session of #Evangelical Studies Program conference with Bruce Hindmarsh, Kerrie Handasyde, Priscilla Pope-Levison & Thomas Kidd. Join us tomorrow for David Bebbington, Andrew Atherstone, Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, John Amalraj & Allison Kach-Yawnghwe. #ESP2025 events.baylorisr.org
- You can get 30% off the new @oxfordacademic.bsky.social paperback edition of Age of the Spirit using the promo code below. 😀 Just visit global.oup.com/academic and use code AUFLY30 Please help me spread the word! 👍 #skystorians #religiousstudies #religioushistory #pentecostalism
- Supporting Manchester United is making me miserable.
- Excited to announce that the paperback edition of Age of the Spirt, a #history of #charismatic #Christianity, is out on 26 September (on my birthday no less!). Pre-order here or at your preferred retailer! Thanks to OUP for making this happen. www.waterstones.com/book/age-of-...
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- www.theosthinktank.co.uk/in-the-news/... For those who missed this in August, an important open letter on the value of #Theology and #ReligiousStudies in UK #highereducation.
- But I’m on my way to a conference…!?
- events.baylorisr.org Still time to book for @baylor.bsky.social #Evangelical Studies Program online conference "Evangelicalism and the Holy Spirit', 1-3 October. Speakers inc @drleahpayne.bsky.social , Kerrie Handasyde, Bruce Hindmarsh, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Priscilla Pope Levison & Thomas Kidd
- Time for the first panel session at #glopent25 . It looks like a great programme.
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- Announcing the 2025 #BaylorISR #Evangelical Studies Program conference: Evangelicalism & the Holy Spirit. Explores beliefs & practices in relation to the Holy Spirit across time & space, since the 18thc. Speakers include @drleahpayne.bsky.social and D. Bruce Hindmarsh. Booking: events.baylorisr.org
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- Watching the #GlobalFlourishingStudy launch. Exciting, transparent and potentially empowering global research on well-being. @gallup.com #baylor @harvard.edu
- Religious Education people! Join us at the @openuniversity.bsky.social on 24 June for "Creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools". We'll be talking about film-making and interplay approaches www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... #TeamRE @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social
- Received our new #Baylor #Evangelical Studies Program book The Gospel in the Past, on historiographies of evangelicalism! Privileged to read these essays as prep for writing the intro ("Writing Evangelical History") & afterword. Authors inc Mark Noll, Kerrie Handasyde & Crawford Gribben #skystorians
- Lots in this @biblesociety.bsky.social report of potential interest to scholars of religion: both the quantitative data suggesting some resurgence of churchgoing (and its relation to gender, ethnicity & affiliation) in England and Wales, and the discourse. www.biblesociety.org.uk/research/qui...
- Reposted by John MaidenOn 10 & 11 April, @kingshistory.bsky.social is hosting a symposium in honour of the historian Arthur Burns (1963-2023). It pays tribute to Arthur with a theme which runs throughout his own research: institutions and communities in modern Britain. Programme and booking: bit.ly/4bOC8cc #Skystorians
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- Join us at @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious History seminar at 5.30pm on Wednesday 26 March to hear Aleena Din (Oxford) present on "Archiving a Muslim History of Oxford: Approaches to Community History" Hybrid - please book through this link. www.history.ac.uk/events/archi... #skystorians
- Bargain!!
- Bargain!! If you haven’t read/listened to this brilliant book, now is your chance.
- This week at @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious History seminar.... Erin Geraghty (The Open University): "Popular Anti-Catholicism in Post-World War Two England and Wales". Wednesday 12 March, 5.30pm UK time. Book at www.history.ac.uk/events/popul... #skystorians #religioushistory
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- Looking forward to this! #skystorians @vchlondon.bsky.social
- Now that’s how to make a point. #makeitfair #AI
- I’m looking forward to speaking at this @vchlondon.bsky.social session on researching place-based religious histories beyond parish churches. Join us online!
- "By eminent physiologists".
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- #skystorians, what is the most pleasant archive space you've worked in? For me, it's the old Lambeth Palace Library. The door in the wall on the street, click of the latch, sound of the fountain, visitor book (I wonder who's been in here lately?), the relaxed vibes. The new LPL is pretty cool too.
- Looks like a good project to get involved in.
- Excited to receive our book Teaching & Learning About Religious Diversity Past and Present. Dedicated to the colleagues & 'docutubes' students who worked on the project! Ideal for secondary classroom or HE. Works with our online RETOPEA sources #skystorians #TeamRE @religiousstudiesou.bsky.social
- @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious History seminar this evening is Grace France: ‘“The Christian Chameleon”: How Moral Re-Armament utilized mass-media to speak to a changing Twentieth Century Britain’. 5.30pm UK time, online only. to book: www.history.ac.uk/events/chris... #skystorians
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- How does religion and belief work as a protected characteristic in UK equality law? See our latest animation at the @openuniversity.bsky.social Religion Belief and Worldviews Hub. Ideal for schools and FE! www.open.edu/openlearn/hi... #TeamRE #ReligiousEducation @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social l
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- Announcing our new co-edited book of resources for school teachers and HE educators on teaching #religious #diversity, past and present. Including material on Capitulations of Granada, Peace of Westphalia, Good Friday Agreement. Timely! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @openuniversity.bsky.social
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- Announcing our new co-edited book of resources for school teachers and HE educators on teaching #religious #diversity, past and present. Including material on Capitulations of Granada, Peace of Westphalia, Good Friday Agreement. Timely! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @openuniversity.bsky.social
- YES.
- Religious Tolerance and Diversity in Schools event, 13 March. @openuniversity.bsky.social Religious Studies, @hfleducation.bsky.social, Martha Shaw (LSBU) & Alexis Stones (@ucl.ac.uk) on creative approaches to preventing religious hate & prejudice www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... #religiouseducation
- Denis Law, RIP. What a player.
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- Reposted by John MaidenNEW TRAINING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us in March to learn more about how to research place-based religious histories beyond the parish church. Everyone is welcome for this free training. www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
- Looking forward to contributing to this. Should be a good discussion! Thanks to @ruthslatter.bsky.social and @vchlondon.bsky.social colleagues for organising!!
- This @vchlondon.bsky.social training session is obviously very close to my heart! We have fantastic speakers lined up to talk about just some aspects of Britain’s non-Anglican local religious histories. Do join or share with anyone you think might be interested.
- Excited to have a chapter on English #Catholic #Charismatic Renewal in this splendid looking volume Lay Catholic Societies in Twentieth Century Britain by Maria Power and Jonathan Bush. Chapters also by brilliant colleagues @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social and others! #History
- This term @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious #History... we have sessions on local/global in British Christianity; Moral Re-Armament; Faith, race & politics in UK humanitarianism; Anti-Catholicism in Post-1945 England & Wales; Archiving a Muslim History of Oxford. www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...
- This term @ihr.bsky.social Modern Religious #History... we have sessions on local/global in British Christianity; Moral Re-Armament; Faith, race & politics in UK humanitarianism; Anti-Catholicism in Post-1945 England & Wales; Archiving a Muslim History of Oxford. www.history.ac.uk/seminars/mod...
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- #manchesterunited showed a lot of heart in that performance. And I’m pleased for Zirkzee. Maguire was immense.
