| Apologia Pro Vita Sua Revised Edition Contributor(s): Newman, John (Author), Ker, Ian (Editor), Ker, Ian (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140433740 ISBN-13: 9780140433746 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 Annotation: John Henry Newman's conversion to Roman Catholicism rocked the Church of England to its foundation and escalated the spread of virulent anti-catholicism in Victorian England. A rigorous examination of his own religious development, enlivened by touches of satire and sometimes invective, Apologia pro Vita Sua is a spiritual autobiography of great power. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95113807 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.90 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: John Henry Newman, one of the towering figures of the early Victorian Church of England, caused shock and outrage in equal measure when he announced his espousal of Roman Catholicism in 1845. His Apologia, written nearly twenty years later in response to a scurrilous public attack by Charles Kingsley, is a superbly crafted response to those who criticized his actions and questioned his motives, and traces his spiritual development since boyhood, his close involvement in the high church Tractarian Movement and his agonizing decision to reject the church he had been born into. Ostensibly an autobiography and a speech for the defence, the Apologia transcends self-justification to explore the very nature of Christianity and its place in the modern age. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |