Conversion in American Philosophy Exploring the Practice of Transformation /
Roger A. Ward.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (xli, 235 p.)
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.
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.