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