American spaces of conversion [electronic resource] : the conductive imaginaries of Edwards, Emerson, and James /
by Knutson, Andrea.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199870769 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Conversion -- Christianity | Puritans -- Doctrines | Puritans -- Influence | Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 | James, William, 1842-1910Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study examines how the concept of conversion and the legacy of the doctrine of preparation, as articulated in Puritan Reformed theology and transplanted to the Massachusetts Bay colony, remained a vital cultural force shaping developments in American literature, theology, and in philosophy in the form of pragmatism.
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This study examines how the concept of conversion and the legacy of the doctrine of preparation, as articulated in Puritan Reformed theology and transplanted to the Massachusetts Bay colony, remained a vital cultural force shaping developments in American literature, theology, and in philosophy in the form of pragmatism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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