American spaces of conversion [electronic resource] : the conductive imaginaries of Edwards, Emerson, and James / by Andrea Knutson. Knutson, Andrea. Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. James, William, 1842-1910. Conversion Christianity. Puritans Doctrines. Puritans Influence. BX9323 248.240973 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 17, 2010). 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. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370928.001.0001 eng