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Tag: Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley’s ‘Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending’
Archivist Paul Carlyle discusses Charles Wesley’s famous hymns, ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ and ‘Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending’.
Rapture and Reason Revisited
Dr Gareth Lloyd writes: In September 2016 the University of Manchester Library digitised and placed online a collection of 153Continue Reading
Rylands represented at the world’s largest religious studies conference
Dr Gareth Lloyd, curator of Christian religious archives, represented the Library at the joint annual meeting of the American AcademyContinue Reading
Rapture and Reason: Accounts of Evangelical Conversion in Georgian Britain
Gareth Lloyd writes: “Western culture … had its foundation in the bible, the word of God, and in the revivalsContinue Reading
A Mystery Methodist: Is this John Wesley, Charles Wesley or someone completely different?
Dr Gareth Lloyd writes: One of the fascinating aspects of working with special collections is the opportunity to uncover treasuresContinue Reading
Rylands represented at the world’s largest gathering of religious scholars
Dr Gareth Lloyd, the Library’s curator of Christian religious archives, represented the Library at the joint annual meeting of theContinue Reading
Wesley College Archives and Manuscripts Now Accessible at the John Rylands Library
Gareth Lloyd writes: One of the world’s most important research collections documenting the history of British Methodism and the 18th-centuryContinue Reading
Special Collections represented at the world’s largest gathering of religious scholars
Dr Gareth Lloyd, our curator of Christian religious archives, represented the Library at the joint annual meeting of the AmericanContinue Reading
Reception to Mark the Publication of the Letters of Charles Wesley
On 26 September the publication of volume 1 of the collected letters of the hymn writer and religious leader CharlesContinue Reading