Apologia pro vita sua
by
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, 1801-1890.
Title
:
Apologia pro vita sua
Author
:
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, 1801-1890.
ISBN
:
9780140433746
Personal Author
:
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal, 1801-1890.
Publication Date
:
1994
Publication Information
:
London : Penguin Books Ltd : [distributor] Penguin Books Ltd : [distributor] United Book Distributors : [distributor] United Book Distributors : [distributor] Booksite Afrika : [distributor] Penguin Books, 1994.
Physical Description
:
608 p. : 20x13x3 cm.
General Note
:
Paperback. B-format paperback.
Abstract
:
John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. This autobiography traces his spiritual development since boyhood and his close involvement in the high church Tractarian Movement. John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. His "Apologia", written nearly twenty years later in response to a scurrilous public attack by Charles Kingsley, is a superbly crafted response to those who criticized his actions and questioned his motives, and traces his spiritual development since boyhood, his close involvement in the high church Tractarian Movement and his agonizing decision to reject the church he had been born into. Ostensibly an autobiography and a speech for the defence, the "Apologia" transcends self-justification to explore the very nature of Christianity and its place in the modern age.
Reading Level
:
Twelfth Grade and over.
Corporate Subject
:
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature.
Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
Subject Term
:
Christian theology -- England.
Spiritualism -- England.
Theology -- England.
Religion.
Christianity -- England.
Added Author
:
Ker, I. T., (Ian Turnbull)
Library | Shelf Number | Material Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Kensington Central Library | 920 NEW | Book | 30116017036557 | Biography store collection |