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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465336803321

Autore

Conn Walter E

Titolo

Conscience & conversion in Newman [[electronic resource] ] : a developmental study of self in John Henry Newman / / Walter E. Conn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, Wis., : Marquette University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-87462-778-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

Marquette studies in theology ; ; no. 71

Disciplina

282.092

Soggetti

Conversion - Catholic Church

Catholic converts - England

Conscience

Self

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

half title: Conscience & Conversion in Newman; title page: Conscience & Conversion in Newman A Developmental Study of Self in John Henry Newman by Walter E. Conn; copyright page; Contents; To Joann; Preface; I like middles. It is in middles that extremes clash, where ambiguity restlessly rules.-John Updike; 1. Young Man Newman: The First Conversion; 2. Newman's Cognitive Conversion to Anglo-Catholicism; 3. From Oxford Tractarian to Roman Convert; 4. The Roman Catholic Newman and Conscience; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; index

Sommario/riassunto

John Henry Newman once wrote that "to live is to change." In this work Walter E. Conn explores the ways in which Newman himself changed throughout his spiritual life, ultimately resulting in his move to Rome and his conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. However, this work also highlights the ways in which this most famous conversion fits into a life driven through a series of important conversions and yet unified by an underlying, dynamic conscience and a desire for a transcendent Other, the ultimate reality of truth, goodness, and love. In accomplishing this task Conn traces the l