In the following essay, Harrold contends that the primary goal of the Oxford Movement was a rejuvenation of the "apostolic conception of Christianity, " a radical reaction against Europe...
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In the following essay, Brendon argues that the figure of Hurrell Froude reflects the controversy, passion, and piety that characterizes the Tractarian Movement as a whole, particularly as manifested ...
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In the essay that follows, Griffin claims that Newman 's 1845 conversion to Catholicism generated a series of attacks on and misrepresentations of his thought by Anglican scholars, which remain...
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In the essay that follows, Borsch describes the most significant tenets espoused by the Oxford Movement—primarily their emphasis on moral seriousness, adherence to traditional dogma, and authen...
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In the following essay, Reed assesses the impact of Tractarianism on Anglo-Catholicism in nineteenth-century Britain.
The Church of England at the end of the nineteenth century was a very different...
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In the following essay, Baker discusses Newman 's novels, Loss and Gain and Callista as partly autobiographical reflections on spiritual faith as an "inner drama. "
John Henry ...
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In the essay that follows, Abrams examines John Keble's Lectures on Poetry, in which he links the cathartic function of poetry to primitive instincts, in a prefiguration of psychoanalytic inter...
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In the following essay, Maison surveys the Anglican novels of the Victorian period, with particular consideration of Tractarian fiction.
If England escaped the horrors of a revolution in the Victor...
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In the essay that follows, Tillotson contends that Newman has been undervalued for his literary abilities—his clarity, attention to detail, and use of imagery.
When a great author writes mai...
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In the following essay, Chadwick evaluates Newman's devotional poetry, in its reflection of the theological principles of the Oxford Movement.
The Pillar of the Cloud.
LEAD, kindly light, a...
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In the essay that follows, Nockles discusses the Anglican response to the publication of Newman 's Tract 90, which marked a crucial episode in Newman 's conversion to Catholicism and in ...
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In the essay that follows, Lapati chronicles Newman's involvement in the Oxford Movement from 1833 until his conversion to Catholicism in 1845.
When Newman returned to England in the summer ...
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The father of English man of letters Matthew Arnold, Thomas Arnold was a distinguished scholar of classical literature and Christian doctrine. In the following essay, he defends the Bampton Lectures o...
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In the essay that follows, Morrison examines the political conservatism of the Oxford Movement, which called for strong protection of the Church against government intervention and the renewed sanctit...
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In the following essay, Chapman contends that the Oxford Movement emerged in an environment of intense religious controversy between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism in England.
The temptation to ...
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In the following essay, Griffin argues that Keble 's high status in Christian scholarship is somewhat inflated, given his inconsistent positions and cautious activism; however, Griffin also not...
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In the essay that follows, Nockles emphasizes that the Oxford Movement is best understood in its historical context and claims that Tractarian spirituality had deep continuities with earlier Church re...
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In the following essay, Corcoran examines Newman's late essay "Discourses on University Education," an elaboration of the methods and goals of liberal education, which "mus...
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In the essay that follows, Noon characterizes Newman's Apologia as a "history of his religious opinions" and contends that this pioneering work stands as part of a Christian tradi...
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In the following essay, Peck discusses the significance of the Oxford Movement in the United States, which, as he argues, was largely isolated to the religious leadership, in contrast to the widesprea...
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In the excerpt that follows, Svaglic introduces Newman's Apologia by locating the work in the larger context of Newman's conversion and his intellectual conflict with Charles Kingsley.
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Critical Essay by Charles Frederick Harrold
