Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley's Methodism

Spiritual Literacy illumines an underappreciated aspect of the Methodist movement—John Wesley's concern for the literary abilities of ordinary citizens.

~Randy L. Maddox, Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Duke University Divinity School

Through close examination of primary sources, Tolar Burton offers a rich account of leading Methodist women such as Sarah Crosby, Mary Fletcher and Hester Ann Rogers.... Historians of early Methodism should regard her study as essential reading.

~Barry W. Hamilton, Northeastern Seminary

Here is the counter history to the elitist rhetoric of Hugh Blair and George Campbell. Vicki Tolar Burton’s close reading of the actual day-to-day texts of early Methodism’s founder and followers expands our knowledge of how a democratizing rhetoric gave cultural voice to women and to working class men in early Methodism.

~Robert Stephen Reid, Communication Department Chair, University of Dubuque