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

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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 t...

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Main Author: Knutson, Andrea
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
James, William, > 1842-1910.
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882
James, William, > 1842-1910
Conversion > Christianity.
Puritans > Doctrines.
Puritans > Influence.
Conversion > Christianisme.
Puritains > Doctrines.
Puritains > Influence.
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
Conversion > Christianity
Puritans > Doctrines
Puritans > Influence
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 188 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199870769
0199870764
9780199707942
0199707944