Facing the academy

Academic vision

We support excellent scholarship which seeks to serve the world and the Church, being called to love the Lord God with all of our hearts, souls—and our minds.

Global Faculty Initiative at Yarnton Manor, June 2025.

Our vision is to provide a space for intellectual exploration and excellent scholarship across the disciplines, with that research unified by the conviction that all truth is God’s truth, and that the Scriptural witness to God’s revelation in Jesus Christ is the proper starting point for understanding humanity, society, and our world. We seek to fulfil the calling to develop a Christian mind.

We do this by bringing research-focused academics together—from all career stages, postgraduate to emeritus, and including independent scholars—for study at our Library and in a nascent but growing series of academic events.

Day visitors may use the Library and join for seminars and other events.

We also host academics for periods of residency to pursue specific research projects, including for sabbaticals which may extend up to an academic year.

All of this is in the context of a community, which includes scholars-in-residence, and which shares life and prays together, seeking the whole of our lives to be formed by the Holy Spirit.

Sabbatical and research residency

We welcome applications from academics who seek to spend up to an academic year in residence with us pursuing their research agenda, who share our vision for scholarship that is both academically rigorous and faithful, and who want to contribute to the intellectual community at Yarnton Manor.

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Study at the library

Day visitors are welcome to use the Library for study. The Library is open Monday-Fridays, 9am-5pm. At present, desks are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Academic Events

We run academic workshops and seminars throughout the weeks of the University of Oxford’s full term.

Upcoming events

Community lunch at Yarnton manor on Friday.

Scholar’s Seminars

Academic seminars focus on early-stage research on questions at the intersection of Christian faith and scholarly enquiry. They are intended to be exploratory, generative for both presenter and participants, and accessible across disciplines.

Seminars run from 2-3pm, On most Fridays during the weeks of the University of Oxford’s full term

You are warmly invited to join us beforehand for community worship at 12.30pm and lunch in the Manor house (1-2pm).

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Sustained focus

Pen & Purpose – Structured study days

We provide structured study on Thursdays during the weeks of the University of Oxford’s full term. Come join other scholars for a daily rhythm that provides time to eat and pray together—and let the writing flow.

We gather for prayers at 9am in the Manor House, with blocks of time for writing, coffee, and lunch together, and then close with prayers at 3.45pm.

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