Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley's Methodism: Reading, Writing, and Speaking to Believe

ISBN-13: 9781481314183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 408 str.

Vicki Tolar Burton

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction: John Wesley and the Rhetorical and Literacy Practices of Early Methodism
• 2. John Wesley's Literacy Genealogy: Parental Patterns and Practices
• 3. Writing to Believe: Diaries and Journals as Spiritual Literacy
• 4. Speaking to Believe: Literacy and Rhetorical Practices of Traveling Preachers
• 5. Walking in Light, Walking in Darkness: Methodist Women's Changing Rhetorical Space
• 6. The Mystic and the Methodists: Account of the Experience of Hester Ann Rogers
• 7. Reading to Believe: John Wesley's Book Inventory (1791)
• 8. Climbing Boys and Spinning Girls: School on Sunday for Laboring Children
• Conclusion: The Witness of Their Own Spirits
• Appendix A: Samuel Bradburn's Rules for Preaching
• Appendix B: John Wesley's Book Inventory
• Compiled at the Time of His Death (1791)
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index