The College of St John the Evangelist is holding
a symposium to mark the bicentenary of the births of George and Sarah Selwyn.
Presenters and papers include:
The Revd Dr Ken Booth –Director of Theology House, Christchurch 1997-2006. 'Selwyn as Bishop of Lichfield.'
The Rt Revd Terry Brown – Recently retired Bishop of Malaita, Solomon Islands. 'GA Selwyn in North America: Diplomat and Missionary.'
Mrs Judith Bright – Librarian, John Kinder Theological Library, St John’s College. 'Episcopal Epistles – Selwyn’s Correspondence.'
The Revd Dr Janet Crawford – Recently retired Dean of the United Faculty of Theology, Melbourne. Lecturer in Church History, St John’s College, Auckland, 1986-2005. 'A Help Rather Than a Hindrance”: Sarah Selwyn, Episcopal Wife.'
The Revd Dr Allan Davidson – Lecturer in Church History, St John’s College, Auckland, 1982- and University of Auckland, 1990-2008 Author:
Selwyn’s Legacy: The College of St John the Evangelist, 1843-1993. 'Selwyn as Missionary and Colonial Bishop.'
The Revd Dr Bruce Kaye – Former General Secretary of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia. Editor of the
Journal of Anglican Studies, and
Anglicanism in Australia. 'Selwyn from an Australian Perspective.'
The Revd Dr Warren Limbrick – Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin, 1992-1996. Editor,
Bishop Selwyn in New Zealand. 'Selwyn’s Understanding of the Church’s Apostolic Character.'
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki– Director of Art & Visual Culture, Te Papa, Wellington. 'Selwyn the Ecclesiologist − in Theory and in Practice.'
Dr Grant Phillipson – Chief Historian, Waitangi Tribunal. PhD Thesis: 'The Thirteenth Apostle – Bishop Selwyn and the Transplantation of Anglicanism to New Zealand, 1841-1868'. 'Selwyn, Maori and "Presentism".'
Associate Professor John Stenhouse – Associate Professor of History, University of Otago. 'Selwyn through Settler Eyes.'
The Revd Dr Rowan Strong – Associate Professor of Church History, Murdoch University, Perth. Author:
Anglicanism and the British Empire c.1700-1850 (2007). 'Selwyn and the British Empire.'
Dr Jenny Te Paa – Te Ahorangi, Te Rau Kahikatea, St John’s College, Auckland. 'Standing in the Legacy of Selwyn.'
More information about the Selwyns can be found using
LibrarySearch.