UID:
almahu_9949519425602882
Format:
1 online resource (xli, 235 p. )
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8232-8474-3
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0-8232-8311-9
Series Statement:
American philosophy series ; Number 13
Content:
This fresh, provocative account of the American philosophical tradition explores the work of key thinkers through an innovative and counterintuitive lens: religious conversion. From Jonathan Edwards to Cornel West, the text threads the history of American thought into an extended, multivalent encounter with the religious experience. Looking at John Dewey, William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, Richard Rorty, Robert S. Corrington, and other thinkers, the work demonstrates that religious themes have deeply influenced the development of American philosophy. This innovative reading of the American philosophical tradition will be welcomed not only by philosophers, but also by historians and other students of America's religious, intellectual, and cultural legacy.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Introduction: Conversion and the practice of transformation -- The philosophical structure of Jonathan Edwards's religious affections -- Habit, habit change, and conversion in C.S. Peirce -- Reconstructing faith : religious overcoming in Dewey's pragmatism -- Transforming obligation in William James -- Dwelling in absence: the reflective origin of conversion -- Creative transformation : the work of conversion -- The evasion of conversion in recent American philosophy.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8232-2313-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
