"'That Art of Coyning Christians': Reading Puritan Mission Writings"
Second Biennial Conference
Society of Early Americanists
March 8-10, 2001
Norfolk, Virginia
John Eliot's boast that Puritans had not learned the art of mass, nominal
conversions, but were occupied with "real" salvation, focuses attention on
the "art" of the Puritan mission discourse. This session welcomes papers
that explore formal aspects of mission writings in relation to rhetorical
strategies, evangelistic tactics, the representation of converts, other
European missions, and Native American agency. Panelists are invited to
consider how we read missionary literature and what we read such writings
for. To encourage discussion, each speaker will provide an excerpt from a
primary source for distribution in advance.
Send one- to two-page proposals and short CVs no later than September 15,
2000. Email submissions particularly welcome. For more information about
SEA or the conference, see the homepage at
<http://www.hnet.uci.edu/mclark/seapage.htm>.
Kristina Bross, kbross@purdue.edu
English Department
Heavilon Hall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
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