01574nam a2200337 a 4500 EDZ0000077175 StDuBDS 20150804193924.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101209s2011 nyu fo 001 0 eng d 9780199870769 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS BX9323 248.240973 22 Knutson, Andrea. American spaces of conversion [electronic resource] : the conductive imaginaries of Edwards, Emerson, and James / by Andrea Knutson. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. 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. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 17, 2010). Conversion Christianity. Puritans Doctrines. Puritans Influence. Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. James, William, 1842-1910. Print version 9780195370928 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370928.001.0001 36798 36798