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
Tag: John Wesley
An argument in books: Augustus Toplady versus John Wesley
Long before social media, people could still engage in vitriolic public debates without actually meeting. The rise of the cheapContinue Reading
Behind the scenes of an Exhibition: Come and Join Us!
Gemma Henderson, Visitor Engagement Co-ordinator for Public Programmes, writes: Clare and Karen asked me to write about my involvement inContinue 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
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
Library acquires an autograph John Wesley letter, lost to public view since the 1840s
Gareth Lloyd writes: The Library has recently purchased from a private owner a significant handwritten letter written by the MethodistContinue Reading
Wesley Figures See The Light!
The Visual Collections Department have recently rehoused some of the Wesley ceramics and sculpture that the Library holds. These figuresContinue Reading
New book on John Wesley published by University of Manchester PhD graduate
Dr Geordan Hammond, a University of Manchester PhD graduate, has recently published John Wesley in America: Restoring Primitive Christianity (OxfordContinue Reading