Henry D. Rack

John Wesley's Preachers

History & Biography

“A thoroughly scholarly work which frequently added to my knowledge and challenged my assumptions. On the preachers he draws on a mass of primary material and this and his systematic analysis produces a work which renders all previous (and imperfect) treatments obsolete. It sets a standard which one cannot imagine being superseded or even revised for years to come.”

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 1

History & Biography

“A major aid to understanding the history and character of Nonconformity.”

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 2

History & Biography

“A major aid to understanding the history and character of Nonconformity.”

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 3

History & Biography

“A major aid to understanding the history and character of Nonconformity.”

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 4

History & Biography

“A major aid to understanding the history and character of Nonconformity.”

Religion, Gender, and Industry

History & Biography

“Our understanding of eighteenth-century English industry, gender, and religion has been transformed during the last thirty years. The special merit of this symposium is to bring together researchers often pursuing their subjects in isolation. The conference producing these papers met, appropriately, in an area that saw industrial innovation, the ministry of the Methodist clergyman John Fletcher and his remarkable wife and female friends. This excellent collection sensitively illustrates the lives of working men, women, and believers and deserves to set the pattern for similar collaborations in future.”