John Henry Newman: A Biography

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Author: Ian Ker

ISBN-10: 019956910X

ISBN-13: 9780199569106

Category: British & Irish Literary Biography

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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. Newman's character is revealed in its complexity and contrasts: the legendary sadness and sensitivity are placed in their proper perspective by being set against his no less striking qualities of exuberance, humour, and toughness. This book attempts to do justice to the fullness of Newman's achievement and genius: the Victorian 'prophet' or 'sage', who ranks among the major English prose writers; the dominating religious figure of the nineteenth century, who can now be recognised as the forerunner of the Second Vatican Council and the modern ecumenical movement; and finally, the universal Christian thinker, whose significance transcends his culture and time.

1. Oxford2. The Movement3. The Via Media4. Doubts5. Crisis6. Development7. From Oxford to Rome8. Controversy and Satire9. The Idea of a University10. The Catholic University of Ireland11. Oratory and University12. The Idea and the Laity13. The Years of Silence14. Apologia15. Return to Oxford?16. The Justification of Religious Belief17. Papal Infallibility18. Oxford and Rome Again