Bibliograph

Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism, reading, writing, and speaking to believe, Vicki Tolar Burton

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Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism, reading, writing, and speaking to believe, Vicki Tolar Burton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-376) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191924247

Responsibility statement

Vicki Tolar Burton

Series statement

Studies in rhetoric and religion, 6

Sub title

reading, writing, and speaking to believe

Table Of Contents

Introduction : John Wesley and the rhetorical and literacy practices of early Methodism -- John Wesley's literacy genealogy : parental patterns and practices -- Writing to believe : diaries and journals as spiritual literacy -- Speaking to believe : literacy and rhetorical practices of traveling preachers -- Walking in light, walking in darkness : Methodist women's changing rhetorical space -- The mystic and the Methodists : account of the experience of Hester Ann Rogers -- Reading to believe : John Wesley's book inventory (1791) -- Climbing boys and spinning girls : school on Sunday for laboring children -- Conclusion : the witness of their own spirits

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