'John Henry Newman: A Biography (Oxford Lives)' by Ian Ker (Books)


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Books : John Henry Newman: A Biography (Oxford Lives)

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by: Ian Ker See Larger Image Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 282.0924 EAN: 9780192827050 ISBN: 0192827057 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 784 Publication Date: July 12, 1990 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Sales Rank: 452372 Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items: The Achievement of John Henry Newman Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford Between A.D. 1826 and 1843 (Notre Dame Series in the Great Books) An Essay in Aid of a Grammar Of Assent Apologia Pro Vita Sua (A Defense of One's Life) (Dover Giant Thrift Editions) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: The first comprehensive biography of the great religious leader John Henry Newman (1801-90), this compelling and well-written volume draws on a number of published and unpublished sources to examine his extraordinarily varied life and career. Ker stresses the complexity of Newman's character and the range of his achievement as major prose writer, dominant religious leader who anticipated the Second Vatican Council and the modern ecumenical movement, and universal Christian thinker, whose significance transcends his culture and time.

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