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

By Knutson , Andrea

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0195370929, 978-0-19-537092-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
855 kB (875147 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
200\201
Time added
2017-04-22 03:00:00
EdwardsJonathan,;1703-1758;EmersonRalph Waldo,;1803-1882;JamesWilliam,;1842-1910;Conversion;Christianisme;Purita

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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. Abstract: This study examines how the concept of conversion and specifically 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, ultimately, in philosophy in the form of pragmatism. Read more...

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