| Apologia Pro Vita Sua Contributor(s): Newman, John Henry (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0486442136 ISBN-13: 9780486442136 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $6.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: An influential Church of England vicar, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he joined the Roman Catholic Church. Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley launched the most scathing attacks against Newman and this was Newman's brilliant response. A spiritual autobiography, "Apologia Pro Vita Sua "explores the very depths and nature of Christianity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Christian Theology - Apologetics |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004063466 |
| Series: Dover Giant Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.28" W x 8.28" (0.55 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A highly influential figure in the Church of England, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he left his position as vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford, to join the Roman Catholic church. Perhaps no one took greater offense than Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley, whose scathing attacks against Newman's faith and honor inspired this brilliant response. Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Newman's spiritual autobiography, explores the depths and nature of Christianity with flowing prose and a conversational style that has ensured its status as a classic. False ideas may be refuted by argument, but by true ideas alone are they expelled. I will vanquish, Newman promised, not my accuser, but my judges. His honest and passionate defense consists of a personal history of his religious convictions, from earliest memory through the Oxford movement and his ultimate conversion. His concluding point-by-point refutation of Kingsley's charges features thought-provoking contentions that strike at the very roots of the principles underlying Protestantism. Newman won respect and admiration with his Apologia, a work that has helped clarify perceptions of Roman Catholicism among readers of every faith. |