Newman and Life in the Spirit

Theological Reflections on Spirituality for Today

John R. Connolly, Brian W. Hughes, John R. Connolly, Brian W. Hughes

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781451472530
• eBook ISBN: 9781451484380
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

John Henry Newman is one of the most beloved and well-known British theologians, an instrumental figure in the Oxford Anglican movement of the nineteenth century and an infamous convert to Roman Catholicism. Through his tractates, essays, and monographs, Newman has been seen as a precursor and Father to the Second Vatican Council. His narration of his own life and conversion, Apologia pro vita sua, is often considered one of the classics of spiritual autobiography, akin to Augustine's Confessions. Newman and Life in the Spirit collects essays from leading theologians and scholars examining the theology and spirituality of one of the most important and beloved nineteenth century theologians, the recently beatified John Henry Newman. The essays in this volume present critical analysis of the perception and role of spirituality in various aspects of Newman's thought, from his doctrinal work to his university and parochial sermons, and argue for its significance to Christian theology and practice in the twenty-first century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table Of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations of Newman's Works
• Introduction
• John Henry Newman’s Apologia as a Journal of His Conversions
• The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
• Coming to Terms with the Past
• Sympathy in the Spiritual Theology of John Henry Newman
• Trinity, Imagination, and Belief in the Spirituality of John Henry Newman
• Marked by Christ’s Presence
• Newman’s Mariology
• Newman’s Vision of Holiness in This World
• John Henry Newman and the Communion of Saints
• Newman and the Spirituality of the Oratory
• Bibliography
• List of Authors
• Index