Wycliffe Hall Forum

Historical evidence points towards Jesus' bodily resurrection; but you can't thereby compel people to accept something so intrinsically unlikely. You need to grasp the biblical view of creation and new creation to see why and how it makes sense. One of the best reasons for accepting that worldview is when the church is living as the small working model of new creation — something just as unlikely as the resurrection, and for the same reason.

N.T. Wright has been fascinated by the Resurrection all his adult life. His book, The Resurrection of the Son of God, makes the most rigorous case for the physical resurrection of Jesus. He has thought through the implications of the resurrection for Christian hope in his hugely influential Surprised by Hope, and its implications for what it is to be human and what atonement is in The Day the Revolution Began. Join us at the 2025 Wycliffe Hall Forum to hear him share new insights, with additional input from Revd Dr Michael Lloyd, Dr Kira Moolman Pettit, Revd Dr Oliver Wright and Revd Dr Jonathan Brant.

Rt Revd N.T. Wright

N.T. Wright is one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars and a world authority on the apostle Paul. He is the author of over 80 academic and lay-level books. N.T. Wright served as Bishop of Durham from 2003 to 2010, when he became Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He is now Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford.

Dr Kira Moolman Pettit

Originally from South Africa, Kira grew up moving around Canada before moving to Houston in 2023. She holds a Master of Divinity and PhD in theology from Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto. Kira loves getting to preach, teach, and write at the Church of St. John the Divine, where she serves as Director of Adult Formation. Her research focuses on the theology of death and mortality in children’s literature.

Revd Dr Oliver Wright

Oliver Wright is a Deacon in the Church of England, and an academic in modern theology. His doctorate, ‘The Performativity of Christian Discourse’ was completed in April 2025. His recent peer-review publications include essays on Giorgio Agamben, Kierkegaard, Ricoeur and Rowan Williams, lex orandi lex credendi, and a reading of Romans 14-15. In October 2025, he will take up a post as Junior Research Fellow in theology and AI at Pembroke College, Oxford. He is still recovering from a Mahler obsession which lasted a decade.

Revd Dr Michael Lloyd

Michael Lloyd is the Principal of Wycliffe Hall and was formerly the chaplain at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford and the Chaplain and Director of Studies in Theology at Christ’s College, Cambridge University. Dr Lloyd has taught theology and doctrine at the University of Oxford, Cambridge University and St Paul’s Theological Centre, London. He has a particular interest in the problem of evil and a growing interest in the theology of G.F. Handel.

Revd Dr Jonathan Brant

Jonathan Brant has served in mission and ministry for over three decades – in the United States, Latin America and the United Kingdom.
He is the Founding Director of the Oxford Character Project and has taught and conducted research as a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion since 2014. He is the author of many popular and academic books and articles and his research and teaching interests lie in the fields of systematic theology; theology of arts and culture; virtue ethics; and the theory and practice of contemporary mission.

Friday, November 7

8:30am	Registration
9:00am	Morning Prayer
9:30am	'The Resurrection in History' The Rt Revd N.T. Wright
11:00am	Break
11:30am	'Mastering Death: Grief and Resurrection in the Christian Life' Dr Kira Moolman Pettit
12:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Michael Lloyd in conversation with N.T. Wright
2:30pm	Break
3:00pm	'The Resurrection in Theology' The Rt Revd N.T. Wright
4:30pm	End

Saturday, November 8

8:30am	Registration
9:00am	Morning Prayer
9:30am	'Resurrection and the Task of the Church' The Rt Revd N.T. Wright
11:00am	Break
11:30am	'Resurrection and Renaissance' The Revd Dr Jonathan Brant
12:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm	'Handel's Resurrection: Living openly and harmoniously in a bigger world' The Revd Dr Michael Lloyd
2:30pm	Break
3:00pm	'Mahler, resurrection and me' The Revd Dr Oliver Wright
4:00pm	End

Wycliffe Hall Forum

Resurrection - Then and Now

Speakers

Rt Revd N.T. Wright

Dr Kira Moolman Pettit

Revd Dr Oliver Wright

Revd Dr Michael Lloyd

Revd Dr Jonathan Brant

Schedule

Registration