RT Book T1 Spiritual literacy in John Wesley's Methodism: reading, writing, and speaking to believe T2 Studies in rhetoric and religion JF Studies in rhetoric and religion A1 Tolar Burton, Vicki 1945- LA English PP Waco, Tex. PB Baylor Univ. Press YR 2008 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/562881115 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BX8407 SN 978-1-60258-023-7 K1 Wesley, John : 1703-1791 K1 Wesley, John 1703-1791 K1 Literacy : England : History : 18th century K1 Literacy : History : 18th century : England K1 Methodism K1 Spiritual Formation K1 England : Church history : 18th century K1 Katalog