In this book there are essays on Newman and Edward Gibbon; Newman and the Whig historians; and Newman and the law, especially the infamous Achilli trial of 1851, which pitted him against a Protestant Establishment still smarting from the restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy, disparagingly referred to by many Victorians as “papal aggression”. Readers interested in Newman’s history-laden conversion will enjoy “Newman, C. S. Lewis, and the Reality of Conversion”; those interested in Tractarianism will find a piece that looks at what became of the Oxford Movement after Newman abandoned the via media and seceded to Rome. The chapter entitled “Newman and the Liberals” charts his life-long critique of liberalism. Edward Short also examines Newman’s letters and his writings as a unified whole, concludes with a far-ranging essay “Newman, History and Hagiography”, which shows how Newman was attuned to and appreciative of the faith of ordinary Catholics.
Author: Edward Short
Publisher: Gracewing
Date: 2017
Format: Paperback Pages: 359
ISBN: 978-0-85244-919-6
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