Christian Conversion, the Double Consciousness, and Transcendentalist Religious Rhetoric
Despite the theological gulf that separated the Transcendentalists from their Puritan predecessors, certain leading TranscendentalistsEmerson, Fuller, and Thoreau among themoften punctuated their writings, published and private, with literary representations of dramatic episodes of spiritual awake...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2017]
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Religions
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| Further subjects: | B
Religious Experience
B William James B Religious Rhetoric B Ralph Waldo Emerson B Henry David Thoreau B Jones Very B Transcendentalism B Margaret Fuller |
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| Summary: | Despite the theological gulf that separated the Transcendentalists from their Puritan predecessors, certain leading TranscendentalistsEmerson, Fuller, and Thoreau among themoften punctuated their writings, published and private, with literary representations of dramatic episodes of spiritual awakening whose rhetorical structure sometimes betrays suggestive parallels with traditional, recognizably Christian, forms of conversion rhetoric. While all of these Transcendentalists clearly showcase representations of dramatic religious experience in their work, this reliance on Christian rhetorical patterns is most obvious in the early writings of Emerson and Fuller. Thoreau's constructions reflect little ostensible Christian influence, yet even here, thematic continuities with earlier forms of religious self-expression are discernible. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel8090163 |