John Henry Cardinal Newman Summary

Newman, John Henry NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY (1801–1890), Anglican and Roman Catholic controversialist and cardinal. Life and Works Newman was born in London. He was raised an Anglican, but in 1816, u... Read more

Newman, John Henry [addendum] Since 1967, the publication of new primary source material has generated an expanding resource pool for secondary scholarship on Newman, particularly with the appearance ... Read more

The English cardinal and theologian John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was a leading figure in the Oxford movement. After his conversion to Rome, his qualities of mind and literary style won him a position... Read more

John Henry Newman is known today primarily for his Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education (1852) and his spiritual autobiography Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864). In his own time his f... Read more

In the following introduction to The Idea of a University, Shuster explores Newman's thoughts on the intersection of religion and liberal education, and highlights the continuing importance of ... Read more

In the following essay, Ker probes Newman's philosophical and literary approach to the existence of God. In a recent study of the arguments from human experience for the existence of God, Ne... Read more

In the following essay, Sullivan discusses Newman's philosophical presuppositions and summarizes the major aims of his theological method as defined in his Essay on the Development of Doctrine.... Read more

In the following essay, Gilley describes Newman as a figure representative of conversion to Roman Catholicism. There would have been converts to Roman Catholicism in England even without John Henry... Read more

In the following essay, Morales evaluates the arguments of Newman's Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification, and concludes by summarizing the basic tenets of Newman's thought on this s... Read more

In the following essay, Hill comments on the artistic aims and successes of Newman's Loss and Gain and Callista. ‘Newman a novelist?’ One can imagine the chorus of disbelief th... Read more

In the following essay, Pattison contrasts Newman's thought on the subjects of truth and belief with that of his fellow Victorians, and explores the thinker's attack on liberalism. Is... Read more

In the following essay, Block argues that Loss and Gain should be viewed as fiction—rather than as a satirical or autobiographical work—and describes the novel's dialogical struct... Read more