American spaces of conversion: the conductive imaginaries of Edwards, Emerson, and James

American spaces of conversion: the conductive imaginaries of Edwards, Emerson, and James

Knutson, Andrea

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This study examines how the concept of conversion and specifically the legacyof 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, ultimately, in philosophy in the form of pragmatism. INDICE: Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1.: A Believing Attitude; 2.: 'Something That is Seen, That is Wonderful': Jonathan Edwards and the Feeling of Conviction; 3.: Ralph Waldo Emerson and the 'UniversalImpulse to Believe'; 4.: William James's Uncertain Universe: Theory as Theology in The Varieties of Religious Experience; Index

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-537092-8
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 224
  • Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés