The Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford, England, were founded by a bequest of John Bampton. They have taken place since 1780.
They were a series of annual lectures; since the turn of the 20th century they have typically been biennial. They continue to concentrate on Christian theological topics. The lectures have traditionally been published in book form. On a number of occasions, notably at points during the 19th century, they attracted great interest and controversy.
Lecturers (incomplete list)
1780–1799
1780 – James Bandinel Eight Sermons preached before the University of Oxford
1781 – Timothy Neve Eight Sermons preached before the University of Oxford
1782 – Robert Holmes The Prophecies and Testimony of John the Baptist, and the parallel Prophecies of Jesus Christ 1783 – John Cobb Eight sermons preached before the University of Oxford 1784 – Joseph White Mahometism and Christianity 1785 – Ralph Churton On the Prophecies Respecting the Destruction of Jerusalem 1786 – George Croft Eight Sermons preached before the University of Oxford 1787 – William Hawkins Discourses on Scripture Mysteries 1788 – Richard Shepherd The Ground and Credibility of the Christian Religion 1789 – Edward Tatham Chart and Scale of Truth 1790 – Henry Kett A Representation of the Conduct and Opinions of the Primitive Christians, with Remarks on Gibbon and Priestley 1791 – Robert Morres Eight sermons preached before the University of Oxford 1792 – John Eveleigh Eight Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford 1793 – James WilliamsonThe Truth, Inspiration, Authority, and End of the Scriptures, considered and defended 1794 – Thomas Wintle Expediency, Prediction, and Accomplishment of the Christian Redemption Illustrated 1795 – Daniel Veysie The Doctrine of Atonement illustrated and defended 1796 – Robert Gray, Sermons on the Principles Upon Which the Reformation of the Church of England was Established 1797 – William Finch Objections of Infidel Historians and Other Writers Against Christianity 1798 – Charles Henry Hall Fulness of Time 1799 – William Barrow Answers to some Popular Objections against the Necessity or the Credibility of the Christian Revelation
1800–1824
1800 – George Richards The Divine Origin of Prophecy Illustrated and Defended
1801 – George Stanley Faber Horae Mosaicae
1802 – George Frederic Nott Religious Enthusiasm
1803 – John Farrer Sermons on the Mission and Character of Christ and on the Beatitudes 1804 – Richard Laurence An attempt to illustrate those articles of the Church of England, which the Calvinists improperly consider as Calvinistical 1805 – Edward Nares A View of the Evidences of Christianity at the End of the Pretended Age of Reason 1806 – John Browne, Fellow of Corpus Christi College Sermons preached before the University of Oxford 1807 – Thomas Le Mesurier The Nature and Guilt of Schism 1808 – John Penrose An Attempt to Prove the Truth of Christianity 1809 – John Bayley Somers Carwithen A view of the Brahminical religion 1810 – Thomas Falconer Certain Principles in Evanson's Dissonance of the 'Four generally received Evangelists' 1811 – John Bidlake The Truth and Consistency of Divine Revelation 1812 – Richard Mant An Appeal to the Gospel 1813 – John Collinson A Key to the Writings of the Principal Fathers of the Christian Church who flourished during the first three centuries 1814 – William Van Mildert The General Principles of Scripture-Interpretation 1815 – Reginald Heber The Personality and Office of the Christian Comforter 1816 – John Hume Spry Christian Union Doctrinally and Historically Considered 1817 – John Miller The Divine Authority of Holy Scripture 1818 – Charles Abel Moysey The Doctrines of Unitarians Examined 1819 – Hector Davies Morgan A Compressed View of the Religious Principles and Practices of the Age 1820 – Godfrey Faussett The Claims of the Established Church to exclusive attachment and support, and the Dangers which menace her from Schism and Indifference, considered 1821 – John Jones The Moral Tendency of Divine Revelation 1822 – Richard Whately The Use and Abuse of Party Feeling in Matters of Religion 1823 – Charles Goddard The Mental Condition Necessary to a due Inquiry into Religious Evidence 1824 – John Josias Conybeare An Attempt to Trace the History and to Ascertain the Limits of the Secondary and Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture