| Description |
xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Newman was the most brilliant and controversial churchman of the Victorian Age. Cornwell explores the questions of Newman's emotional life, while drawing a complex warts-and-all portrait of "a literary workaholic". |
| Contents |
Who is John Henry Newman? -- Meeting Doctor Newman -- Dreams and imagination -- Fellow of Oriel -- To the Mediterranean -- The Oxford movement -- Parting of friends -- How doctrine develops -- Rome at last -- Oratory -- Idea of a University -- Tribulations, heresy and the faithful -- Apologia -- The Dream of Gerontius -- The Grammar of Assent -- Papal infallibility -- Death of Ambrose St John -- Last years and death -- Connubium in death -- Newman's legacy. |
| Subject |
Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890.
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Cardinals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Theologians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
Reluctant saint |
| ISBN |
9781441150844 |
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1441150846 |
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9781441173232 (paperback) |
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1441173234 (paperback) |
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