The religious precepts of the Puritans continued to affect intellectual life in the U.S. long after the immigrants arrived at Massachusetts Bay, circulating through New England culture well into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Using three emblematic figures--Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William James--American Spaces of Conversion examines how the Puritan legacy, especially the concept of conversion, shaped developments in American literature, theology, and pragmatist philosophy. Knutson grounds her study with the testimonies collected by the Puritan...
The religious precepts of the Puritans continued to affect intellectual life in the U.S. long after the immigrants arrived at Massachusetts Bay, circu...
