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by: Stanley L. Jaki
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 282.092
EAN: 9780802843951
ISBN: 0802843956
Label: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 323
Publication Date: 2000-02
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 1444793
Studio: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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From Templeton Prize-winning author Stanley Jaki comes a penetrating interpretation of the thought of Cardinal Newman.
This study of John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) confronts a variety of misperceptions of the famous English churchman, especially those that diminish Newman's deep appreciation of the supernatural. As Stanley Jaki writes, 'Newman's chief challenge today, as in his times, aims at the defense of the supernatural.' Jaki shows that such a defense was, for Newman, far more than a simple intellectual enterprise: for him the supernatural was above all a spiritual challenge of the profoundest sort.
In this volume Jaki begins with an overview of the challenge that Newman set for himself and for the church, and he then unfolds this challenge across a dozen key topics drawn from Newman's writings. Jaki shows that much as the topics of original sin, angels, miracles, Anglo-Catholicism, conversion, and papacy may differ from those of assent, science, evolution, and history, they all bespeak Newman's total engagement with the concretely given supernatural.
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Rating: - A valuable collection of Fr. Jaki's writings on Newman
John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was one of the leaders of the so-called «Oxford Movement» (begun in 1833) which sought to «catholicize» the Church of England (or, in Jaki's own words, to «recover the supernatural»), authoring 24 of the 90 Tracts that defined its program. Influenced by his study of the Church Fathers, Newman was led to the conclusion that the Catholic Church, to which he converted in 1845, was the one true fold, the only recognizable extension of the Patristic Church, and the ... Read More
Rating:  - Against clericalism, not against Rome
To try to answer Thomasthawaii's question in review #4: Newman was distrusted by some Roman and English bishops because they were clericalists, i.e. they tended to think that the clergy are what the Church is all about. Newman, for his part, agreed that the clergy have an important and distinct role; but he insisted that this role was not an end in itself, but rather an instrument to a higher end: the attainment of holiness by all Catholics, lay and clerical alike. But the attainment of holiness ... Read More
Rating:  - Polemics Get in the Way
Jaki's book has a thesis well summarized by the first reviewer. The polemic to support this thesis gets in the way for this reader. Newman is not an easy companion for either pro-curialists like Jaki on the one hand or the liberal sorts who try to claim Newman. Jaki sees Newman totally on his side and to do that you have to ignore Newman's own problems with Rome and the English and Irish hierarchies. If Newman was as ultramontane (super Roman) as Jaki says, why did the conservative hierarchy at ... Read More
Rating: - "Logic Strengthened by the Supernatural"
It is obvious that Stanley Jaki" latest book, "Newman's Challenge" is a labor of love. The two men are soul mates. Jaki has been interested in, and writiing about Newman for a long time. In fact, "Newman's Challenge" is a compilation of lectures and previously published chapters from other books written by the prolific Benedictine priest. For the serious, searching Christian, and especialoly for Anglicans and Catholics,there is much in this volume to ponder. Newman's challenge in defending ... Read More
Rating: - I liked this book
This book consists of a number of essays by S.L. Jaki on the thought of John Henry Newman. My knowledge of Newman is quite limited, so I can't comment on the subtance of this book. However, I found that the articles provided an interesting overview of Newman's thought on a variety of subjects. Jaki has a polemical style that gets in the way at times, but he has interesting things to say about the ecumenical movement, scholastic theology and evolution, among other things.
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