The Genius of John Henry Newman

Selections from his Writings
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-964693-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 696 g

Ian Ker presents a major collection of Newman's writings, celebrating his full achievements as both a universally significant religious thinker, and a major Victorian writer. An unsystematic thinker, Newman's ideas are scattered throughout his works - most of which were 'occasional' in their origin. This anthology provides a rich and varied sampling from his voluminous works, drawing our attention to some of the very finest passages in Newman's writings whether selected from his well-known publications or from occasional texts that are difficult to find in print. The selection is divided into five sections, which focus on his life as an educator, a philosopher, a preacher, a theologian, and a writer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ker, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1. The Educator

- The Idea of a University

- 2. The Philosopher

- Oxford University Sermons

- A Grammar of Assent

- 3. The Preacher

- Parochial and Plain Sermons

- 4. The Theologian

- The Arians of the Fourth Century

- 'On the Introduction of Rationalistic Principles into Revealed Religion'

- Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification

- Oxford University Sermons

- An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

- 'A Characteristic of the Popes. St Gregory the Great'

- Apologia pro Vita Sua

- A Grammar of Assent

- A Letter to the Duke of Norfolk

- 5. The Writer

- Preface to the Via Media

- Apologia pro Vita Sua

- Letters

- 'The Anglo-American Church'

- 'Private Judgment'

- The Tamworth Reading Room

- Lectures on the Difficulties of Anglicans

- Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Ker has taught both English literature and theology at universities in both the United States and Britain, where he is currently a member of the University of Oxford theology faculty. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on John Henry Newman, including the standard biography, reissued with additional material in 2009. His other books include The Catholic revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 and G. K. Chesterton: A Biography.