Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Everyman) - Softcover

Newman, John Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046087232X ISBN 13: 9780460872324

Publisher: Phoenix, 1993

Synopsis

Sharing conventions but differing thematically and technically,together the LIFEOF ST CATHERINE and the LIFE OF ST LAWRENCE provide an insight into the varied relationships between exemplary figures and their audiences in the Anglo-Norman world.The LIFE OF ST CATHERINE is a tale of a woman saint by a woman;the LIFE OFST LAWRENCE the martyrdom of a male saint commissioned by a woman.Rich in sexualand social iconographies that resonate today,the saints'lives,with their dual focus on heaven and earth,are frequently shocking but powerful accounts of the relationship between body and soul in medieval society.

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Review:

0;Professor Turner has written a very full and significant Introduction for this new edition of the "Apologia. "It will be a great addition to the scholarly literature on Newman.1;2;Robert Bruce Mullin, SPRL Professor of History, The General Theological Seminary -- Robert Bruce Mullin

"Frank Turner provides a genuinely new and exciting reading of Newman''s much-read Apolgia, juxtaposing the historical conditions of nineteenth-century England with Newman''s version of them."-George Levine, Rutgers University

"Professor Turner has written a very full and significant Introduction for this new edition of the Apologia. It will be a great addition to the scholarly literature on Newman."-Robert Bruce Mullin, SPRL Professor of History, The General Theological Seminary

"In his own life and for the Church, John Henry Newman navigated the narrows between change and tradition, freedom and dogma, conscience and authority. Such tensions split the world still. Newman''s masterpiece, as elegantly presented by Frank M. Turner, has never been more relevant."-James Carroll, author of House of War

Synopsis:

This book is part of the "Everyman" series, which has been totally re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type. The book includes a themed introduction, chronology of life and times of the author, glossaries of Latin and Greek terms and a selection of criticism. Once a famous Anglican clergyman, Newman left his living in the 1840s, recanted his former criticism of the Roman Catholic Church, and entered the priesthood, becoming - ultimately - a cardinal. Framing his "Apologia" in reply to a "grave and gratuitous slander" which he felt Charles Kingsley had made against him, Newman overcame his characteristic shyness and produced one of the masterpieces of spiritual writing: honest, passionate, scrupulous and moving.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phoenix
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 046087232X
• ISBN 13: 9780460872324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432