TY - BOOK AU - Tolar Burton,Vicki TI - Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism: reading, writing, and speaking to believe SN - 9781602580237 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - BX8407 .T66 2008 U1 - 287.0942/09033 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Waco, Tex. PB - Baylor University Press KW - Wesley, John, KW - Methodism KW - Literacy KW - England KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Spiritual formation KW - Church history N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008010626.html ER -