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Holloway, Luke and McGill, Martha (2022) The Conversion of a Cork Candle-Maker : An Account by Hester Ann Rogers (1788). Wesley and Methodist Studies, 14 (2). pp. 191-214. doi:10.5325/weslmethstud.14.2.0191 ISSN 2291-1723.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5325/weslmethstud.14.2.0191
Abstract
In 1788, Cork candle-maker Cadwallader Acteson was driven to repent of his sins by a host of otherworldly visitants. The story was recorded and circulated in manuscript, almost certainly by the Methodist writer Hester Ann Rogers. This article is a transcription of the copy, ascribed to Elizabeth Ritchie, that resides at the Methodist Archives and Research Centre, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester. Cadwallader’s idiosyncratic story offers a window into gender roles and conceptions of agency in the late eighteenth century, and sheds light on how Methodist notions of the conversion experience might fuse with the beliefs of local communities.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Rogers, Hester Ann, 1756-1794, Supernatural , Spiritual formation, Methodist Church (Great Britain) -- History -- 18th century, Methodist women -- Ireland -- Cork -- History -- 18th century, Theology, Doctrinal -- History | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Wesley and Methodist Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Penn State University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 2291-1723 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 June 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 14 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 191-214 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.5325/weslmethstud.14.2.0191 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 by The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 November 2021 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 June 2023 | ||||||
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