Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism : reading, writing, and speaking to believe /
Tolar Burton, Vicki, 1945-
Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism : reading, writing, and speaking to believe / Vicki Tolar Burton. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2008. - xix, 388 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 6 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-376) and index.
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.
9781602580237 (hardback : alk. paper) 1602580235 (hardback : alk. paper)
2008010626
BX8407 / .T66 2008
287.0942/09033
Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism : reading, writing, and speaking to believe / Vicki Tolar Burton. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2008. - xix, 388 p. ; 24 cm. - Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 6 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-376) and index.
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.
9781602580237 (hardback : alk. paper) 1602580235 (hardback : alk. paper)
2008010626
BX8407 / .T66 2008
287.0942/09033