Conversion in American Philosophy: Exploring the Practice of Transformation

by Roger A. Ward

In this fresh, provocative account of the American philosophical tradition, Roger Ward explores the work of key thinkers through an innovative and counterintuitive lens: religious conversion. From Jonathan Edwards to Cornel West, Ward threads the history of American thought into an extended, multivalent encounter with the religious experience. Looking at Dewey, James, Peirce, Rorty, Corrington, and other thinkers, Ward demonstrates that religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223132
• ISBN13: 9780823223138
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"