John Henry Newman - A Biography

List of contents

• 1: Oxford


• 2: The Movement


• 3: The Via Media


• 4: Doubts


• 5: Crisis


• 6: Development


• 7: From Oxford to Rome


• 8: Controversy and Satire


• 9: The Idea of a University


• 10: The Catholic University of Ireland


• 11: Oratory and University


• 12: The Idea and the Laity


• 13: The Years of Silence


• 14: Apologia


• 15: Return to Oxford?


• 16: The Justification of Religious Belief


• 17: Papal Infallibility


• 18: Oxford and Rome Again

About the author

Ian Ker is a Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars, Oxford, where he is a member of the theology faculty. He has taught both English literature and theology at universities in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His books include John Henry Newman: A Biography (1988; subsequently re-issued in both hardback and paperback prior to the beatification of Newman in 2010),The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 (2003), and G. K. Chesterton: A biography (2011). He is generally regarded as the leading authority on Newman, on whom he has written and edited more than 20 books.

Summary

This full-length life of John Henry Newman is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the thinker and writer. It draws extensively on material from Newman's letters and papers, to reveal his character with all its contrasts and complexities.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Ker, Ian (Fellow Ker
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780198856801
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885680-1
• No. of pages: 800
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, History of Religion, Biography: religious & spiritual, Church history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: historical, political and military, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches