Jeremy Gregory

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Biography

Jeremy joined the University in September 2015. He has a BA in Modern History and a D.Phil from the University of Oxford and was appointed Lecturer in History at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) in 1985, becoming Head of History and Principal Lecturer in 1995. He moved to The University of Manchester in 2000, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2001, and to Professor in 2010. At Manchester, he was the first Director of Undergraduate Education in the newly-formed School of Arts, Histories and Cultures from 2004 to 2007, becoming Head in 2011, and from 2012 he was the founding Head of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, with over 6,000 students and c. 500 staff. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has held visiting fellowships at Brown University, Magdalen College, Oxford, and The Boston Athenaeum.

In his role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Jeremy provides executive leadership to the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Social Sciences (interim), to ensure strategic and operational outcomes are met. Jeremy is a member of the University Executive Board where he shares ownership of key decisions, jointly leading the development and implementation of the University Strategy.

Research Summary

Jeremy's research and publications have shaped and contributed to the debates concerning the role of the Church of England in particular, and religion in general, in English social, cultural,… read more

Recent Publications

• HANNAH BARKER, CARYS BROWN, KATE GIBSON and JEREMY GREGORY, 2025. Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern England, 1740–1830 OUP.
• GREGORY, J., ed., 2021. Manchester Cathedral. A History of the Collegiate Church and Cathedral, 1421 to the present Manchester University Press.
• GREGORY, J., 2019. ‘The Church and nonconformity in Later Stuart England: the wider world of Matthew Henry’. In: COLLINS, M. and MIDDLETON, P., eds., Matthew Henry: The Bible, Prayer, and Piety Bloomsbury. 14-30
• GREGORY, J., 2017. 'The Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: Anniversary Sermons and Abstracts of Proceedings'. In: SCHUNKA, A. and FRIEDRICH, M., eds., Reporting Christian Missions: Communication, Culture of Knowledge and Regular Publication in a Cross-confessional Perspective Harrassowitz. 117-133

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I have been fortunate to supervise a number of outstanding research students, many of whom have published the outcomes of their research.

These include:

• Susan Rutherford, 'Reformation Principles: the Religious and Political Ideas of Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761)'. (Ph.D thesis, University of Northumbria). Degree awarded 2000.

• Timothy Walsh, '"To meet and satisfy a very hungry people": an exploration of the origins, emergence, and development of the Pentecostal Movement in Britain, 1907-1925'. (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2007. Published as 'To meet and satisfy a very hungry people'. The Origins and Fortunes of English Pentecostalism, 1907-1925 (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought, Paternoster Press, 2011)

• Barbara Prosser, '"An arrow from a quiver". Written instruction for a reading people: John Wesley's Arminian Magazine, 1778-1791'. (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester.) Degree awarded 2008.

• Geordan Hammond, 'Restoring Primitive Christianity: John Wesley and Georgia, 1735-7'. (PhD thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2008. [Winner of the Wesleyan Theological Society Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2009] Published as John Wesley and America (OUP, 2014)

• David Wilson, 'Church and Chapel: parish ministry and Methodism in Madeley, c. 1760-1785, with special reference to the ministry of John Fletcher'. (PhD thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2010.

• David Hart, 'The emergence and development of Methodism in Norwich, 1754-1802.' (PhD thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2010.

• Simon Mayers, 'English Catholic Attitudes towards Jews and Anglo-Jewish Attitudes towards Catholics at the end of the 19th Century and Beginning of the 20th Century'. (co-supervisor) (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2011.

• Ruth Hadley, 'The Concept of 'Toleration' in Twentieth Century Thought, with special reference to the UNESCO '1995: Year of Toleration'. (second supervisor). (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2012.

• Carl Kilcourse, 'Taiping Theology: Religious Identity in Global Perspective' (co- supervisor). (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester). Ph.D Degree awarded 2013.

• Meriel Boyd, 'In their own image? Church building in the deanery of Manchester, 1847 to 1903: relationships between donor, architect, and churchmanship'. (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester, co-supervisor). Degree awarded 2015.

• Anne-Louise Critchlow, 'William Kelly (1821-1906): Biblical Literalist, Conservative Intellectual, and Mystic'. (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2015. Published as Against the Trend. The Spirituality of William Kelly (1821-1906) (Wipf & Stock, 2016).

• Naomi Billinglsey, 'William Blake's Visual Christologies' [AHRC funded]. (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester). Degree awarded 2016.

• Michael Smith, 'Piety and Devotion in the North-West of England' (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester).To be submitted in 2016.

• Jessica Patterson, 'The East India Company and perceptions of religions in India' [AHRC funded] (Ph.D thesis, University of Manchester).

I looks forward to supervising PhD students on any aspect of religious history in the long eighteenth century.

Current Research

Jeremy's research and publications have shaped and contributed to the debates concerning the role of the Church of England in particular, and religion in general, in English social, cultural, political and intellectual history from the mid seventeenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. He has also published on the relationship between religion and gender, religion and the wider artistic and literary culture, and on the relationship between conformity and dissent. His current research is on the Church of England in colonial British North America and he is also keen to explore the rich records of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham housed at the University's Manuscripts and Special Collections.

His recently edited book, Manchester Cathedral. A History of the Collegiate Church and Cathedral, 1421 to the present, was published by Manchester University Press in November 2021. His edited volume, The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume II Establishment and Empire, 1662-1829, was published by Oxford University Press in 2017 (paperback 2019). He has been a co-editor of Studies in Church History and an editor of Literature & History. He was President of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2013-15. Jeremy looks forward to supervising PhD students on any aspect of religious history in the long eighteenth century.

• HANNAH BARKER, CARYS BROWN, KATE GIBSON and JEREMY GREGORY, 2025. Faith in the Town: Lay Religion in Northern England, 1740–1830 OUP.
• GREGORY, J., ed., 2021. Manchester Cathedral. A History of the Collegiate Church and Cathedral, 1421 to the present Manchester University Press.
• GREGORY, J., 2019. ‘The Church and nonconformity in Later Stuart England: the wider world of Matthew Henry’. In: COLLINS, M. and MIDDLETON, P., eds., Matthew Henry: The Bible, Prayer, and Piety Bloomsbury. 14-30
• GREGORY, J., 2017. 'The Anglican Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: Anniversary Sermons and Abstracts of Proceedings'. In: SCHUNKA, A. and FRIEDRICH, M., eds., Reporting Christian Missions: Communication, Culture of Knowledge and Regular Publication in a Cross-confessional Perspective Harrassowitz. 117-133
• GREGORY, J., ed., 2017. Establishment and Empire, 1662-1829 vol 2 of The Oxford History of Anglicanism, 5 vols. OUP.
• GREGORY, J., 2015. The Hanoverians and the Colonial Churches. In: GESTRICHT, A. and SCHAICH, M., eds., The Hanoverian Succession. Dynastic Politics and Monarchical Culture Routledge. 107-125
• GREGORY, J., 2013. Establishment and Dissent in British North America: organising religion in the new world. In: FOSTER, S., ed., British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Companion VI. OUP. 136-169
• GREGORY, J., 2012. Transatlantic Anglicanism, c.1680-c. 1770: transplanting, translating, and transforming the Church of England. In: GREGORY, J. and MCLEOD, H., eds., International Religious Networks Subsidia 14. Boydell and Brewer. 127-143
• GREGORY, J., 2012. The Later Stuart Church and North America. In: TAPSELL, G., ed., The Later Stuart Church, 1660-1714 Manchester University Press. 150-172
• GREGORY, J. and MCLEOD, H., eds., 2012. International Religious Networks: Subsidia 14 Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2011. Religion, Gender, and Industry: models and approaches. In: FORSAITH, P.S. and HAMMOND, G., eds., Religion, Gender and Industry: John Fletcher and his world James Clarke & Co Ltd; Wipf and Stock. 1-24
• GREGORY, J., 2011. Religion: Faith in the Age of Reason. In: GRENBY, M., ed., The State of the Discipline Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies Special Issue 34. 433-444
• FAULKNER, T., BERRY, H. and GREGORY, J., eds., 2010. Northern Landscapes: Representations and Realities: (with a preface by Margaret Drabble) Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2010. Wesley's context: the long eighteenth century. In: MADDOX, R.L. and VICKERS, J.E., eds., The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley Cambridge University Press. 13-39
• GREGORY, J., 2010. Refashioning Puritan New England: the Church of England in British North America, c. 1680-c. 1770 Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (6th Series). 20(12), 85-112
• GREGORY, J., 2010. Religion in the Age of Enlightenment: putting John Wesley in Context Religion in the Age of Enlightenment. 2, 19-53
• GREGORY, J., 2009. For all sorts and conditions of men: the social life of the Book of Common Prayer during the long eighteenth century: or, bringing the history of religion and social history together Social History. 34(1), 29-55
• GREGORY, J., 2009. Transforming “the Age of Reason” into “an Age of Faiths”:: or, putting Religions and Beliefs (back) into the eighteenth century Journal of Eighteenth-Century Studies. 32(3), 287-305
• GREGORY, J., ed., 2009. Religions and Beliefs special theme issue, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
• COOPER, K. and GREGORY, J., eds., 2008. Revival and Resurgence in Christian History Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2008. Articulating Anglicanism: the Church of England and the Language of 'the other' during the long eighteenth century. In: GREEN, N. and SEARLE CHATTERJEE, M., eds., Religion, Language and Power Routledge. 143-166
• GREGORY, J. and STEVENSON, J., 2007. The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Eighteenth Century, 1688-1820 (Revised edition) Routledge.
• COOPER, K. and GREGORY, J., eds., 2007. Discipline and Diversity Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2007. Charles Wesley and the Eighteenth Century. In: NEWPORT, K.G.C. and CAMPBELL, T.A., eds., Charles Wesley: Life, Literature & Legacy Epworth Press. 18-39
• GREGORY, J., 2007. The Historian and the History of Religion. In: BROOKE, G. and RÖMER, T., eds., Ancient and Modern Scriptural Historiography, L’Histographie Biblique, Ancienne et Moderne (Bibliotheca Ephemeridium Theologicarum Lovaniensium 207), Peeters. 79-95
• COOPER, K. and GREGORY, J., eds., 2006. Elite and Popular Religion Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2006. The Prayer Book and the Parish Church: from the Restoration to the Oxford Movement. In: HEFLING, C. and SHATTOCK, C., eds., The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer Worldwide OUP. 93-105
• GREGORY, J., ed., 2005. John Wesley. Tercentenary Essays: Special double issue of The Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 85 University Library of Manchester 85.
• COOPER, K. and GREGORY, J., eds., 2005. Signs, Wonders, and Miracles: the role of Divine Power in the Life of the Church Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2005. "In the Church I will live and die": John Wesley, the Church of England, and Methodism. In: GIBSON, W. and INGRAM, R.G., eds., Religion and Identity in Eighteenth-Century Britain Ashgate. 147-178
• GREGORY, J., 2005. Wesley's tercentenary and the state of Wesley studies Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 85; special issue: John Wesley, Tercentenary Essays, ed. Jeremy Gregory. 85(2,3), 1-29
• GREGORY, J., 2004. Preaching Anglicanism at St Paul's, 1688-1800. In: KEENE, D., BURNS, A. and SAINT, A., eds., St Paul’s. The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004 Yale University Press. 343-351
• GREGORY, J. and BERRY, H., eds., 2004. Creating and Consuming Culture in the North-East of England, 1660-1820 Ashgate.
• GREGORY, J. and COOPER, K., eds., 2004. Retribution, Repentance and Reconciliation Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2004. Secker, Thomas (1693-1768). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography OUP.
• GREGORY, J., 2004. In: CLEMENS, T. and JANSE, W., eds., Standards for admission to the ministry of the Church of England in the eighteenth century: Papers read at the British-Dutch Colloquium at Utrecht, 18-21 September 2002 83. Brill. 283-295
• GREGORY, J. and CHAMBERLAIN, J.S., eds., 2003. The National Church in Local Perspective: the Church of England and the Regions, 1660-1800 Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 2003. Archbishops of Canterbury, their diocese, and the shaping of the National Church. In: GREGORY, J. and CHAMBERLAIN, J.S., eds., The National Church in Local Perspective: the Church of England and the Regions, 1660-1800 Boydell and Brewer. 29-52
• GREGORY, J. and CHAMBERLAIN, J.S., 2003. National and local perspectives on the Church of England in the long eighteenth century. In: GREGORY, J. and CHAMBERLAIN, J.S., eds., The National Church in Local Perspective: The Church of England and the Regions, 1660-1800 Boydell and Brewer. 1-28
• GREGORY, J., 2002. The Church of England. In: DICKINSON, H.T., ed., The Blackwell Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain Blackwell. 225-240
• GREGORY, J., 2000. Restoration, Reformation, and Reform, 1660-1828: archbishops of Canterbury and their diocese OUP.
• GREGORY, J., BROOKS, C. and COLIN BROOKS AND DAVID NICHOLLS, 2000. Teaching and the Academic Career. In: BOOTH, A. and HYLAND, P., eds., The Practice of University History Teaching 17-30
• GREGORY, J. and STEVENSON, J., 1999. The Longman Companion to Britain in the Eighteenth Century, 1688-1820 Longman.
• GREGORY, J., 1999. 'Homo religiosus': masculinity and religion in the long eighteenth century. In: HITCHCOCK, T. and COHEN, M., eds., English Masculinities, 1660-1800 Longman. 85-110
• GREGORY, J., 1998. Persecution, Toleration, Competition, and Indifference: the Church of England and its Rivals in the Long Eighteenth Century. In: D’HAUSSEY, C., ed., Quand Religions et Confessions se Regardent Université des sciences humaines, Paris. 45-60
• GREGORY, J., 1998. The Making of a Protestant Nation: 'Success' and 'Failure' in England's Long Reformation. In: TYACKE, N., ed., England's Long Reformation, 1500-1800 UCL Press. 307-333
• GREGORY, J., 1998. Gender and the Clerical Profession, 1660-1850. In: SWANSON, R.N., ed., Gender and the Christian Religion 34. Boydell and Brewer. 235-271
• GREGORY, J., 1997. Christianity and Culture: Religion, the arts and the sciences in England, 1660-1800. In: BLACK, J., ed., Culture and Society in Britain Manchester University Press. 102-123
• GREGORY, J., 1996. The Speculum of Archbishop Thomas Secker, 1758-68 Boydell and Brewer.
• GREGORY, J., 1995. Canterbury and the Ancien Regime: the Dean and Chapter, 1660-1828. In: COLLINSON, P., RAMSAY, N. and SPARKS, M., eds., A History of Canterbury Cathedral Oxford University Press. 204-255
• GREGORY, J., 1994. ‘Religion’, ‘Christianity’, ‘Anglicanism’, ‘Catholicism’, ‘The Papacy’, ‘Jews’, ‘Jesuits’ (and other commissioned contributions). In: PORTER, R. and BLACK, J., eds., A Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century World History Blackwell.
• GREGORY, J., 1993. The Eighteenth-Century Reformation: the pastoral task of Anglican clergy after 1689. In: WALSH, J., HAYDON, C. and TAYLOR, S., eds., The Church of England c. 1689-c. 1833. From Toleration to Tractarianism Cambridge University Press. 67-85
• GREGORY, J. and BLACK, J., eds., 1991. Culture, Politics and Society in Britain, 1660-1800 Manchester University Press.
• GREGORY, J., 1991. Anglicanism and the Arts: Religion, Culture and Politics in the Eighteenth Century. In: BLACK, J. and GREGORY, J., eds., Culture, Politics and Society in Britain, 1660-1800 Manchester University Press. 82-109
• GREGORY, J., 1987. A Just and Sufficient Maintenance: Some Defences of the Clerical Establishment in the Eighteenth Century. In: SHEILS, W.J. and WOODS, D., eds., The Church and Wealth 24. 321-332