Griffin, John R.: A Historical Commentary on the Major Catholic Works of Cardinal Newman

By almost all accounts Cardinal Newman is one of the greatest intellects in the history of the Catholic church. But his intellectual greatness has made him all the more difficult to understand. To his contemporaries, he was a kind of "intellectual conjurer", brilliant but unpersuasive, and it was no accident that Newman spent much of his life in disfavor. This study is an attempt to correct several of the more common misconceptions about Newman's work. It examines the origins of each of the longer Catholic volumes and evaluates the historical and philosophic accuracy of each of those same volumes. All the while, special attention is given to Newman's role as a controversialist and to criticisms from both the Protestant and the Catholic side. XIII,204 Seiten, gebunden (American University Studies. Series IX: History; Vol. 125/Peter Lang Verlag 1993) Mängelexemplar/near mint