About this title: Cardinal Newman's famous history of his intellectual development and eventual conversion to Roman Catholicism. Newman wrote this book in response to critics, in particular Charles Kingsley, who vehemently attacked him for his conversion in 1845. The book is a resounding defense of the Roman Catholic church and helped bring about an acceptance of Roman Catholicism in Britain for the first time since the Reformation. A spiritual autobiography of one the major figures of 19th-century Christianity.
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Description: Good. 1968-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Image
Date Published: 1977-01-11
ISBN-13:9780385126465ISBN:0385126468
Description: Very Good. Very good condition mm pb; binding is square and tight, small area of sticker residue on spine; cover is flat and clean with reading crease; moderate edge/corner wear; pages are clean and bright; no marks or writing in or on book; a clean, square and tight copy. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J M Dent & Son
Date Published: 1949
Description: Fair. [box z al.5] 326 pages. Hardcover in DJ. Same edition as stated. Underlining/notation throughout volume. Ripping to edges of DJ. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Image Book Books Doubleday
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, covers badly age toned, covers soiled, page edges darkened and soiled, and other light to moderate shopwear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Image
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 1956 image soft cover. NOT EX LIB! Pages are clean & bright with some light wear, spine is tight & uncreased, creased front cover, some light edgewear & scuffing. Glued binding. 440 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library
Date Published: 1950-01-01
Description: Good Condition in Good Condition jacket. Hardcover, Good Condition, text is clean/unmarked, tight binding, moderate edge/jacket wear, from a private collection. read more
"I read this for an elective in grad school and it affected me greatly. I've referred to it many times since. It opened up a new window to the world for me--in more ways than one."
"The word that came to mind while reading Apologia was: plodding. And that's okay. Newman's account of the seismic shift in his thinking that led eventually to reception into the Roman Catholic Church is not a fast read, nor a particularly enjoyable read. It is Newman as a Catholic, re-tracing the steps that brought him into the Catholic fold from the embrace of his mother English church. It is also a defense so he is addressing specific questions and concerns that might not at first be evident to the reader. This is not confession; this is a constructive and sometimes polemical tale that is designed to woo the reader into considering one's own commitments. Are you sure you can be an Anglican? Newman seems to ask of this reader, because I tried and it led me to the true church catholic.
By the time we reach the important year of 1845, Newman has had countless conversations, arguments, correspondences and scholarly inquiries that you think he'll just keel over if some Bishop doesn't lay their hands on his head. And regrets? He has none. All the evidence pointed him to Rome and now he is (finally) home.
I don't think such a tale set in the contemporary world of religious practice would garner the interest that Newman experienced from scholars, newspapermen and ordinary folk. In our own day, the marketplace determines church alliance more than doctrinal commitments or appeals to comparison with the Primitive church. The enlightened modern Christian attends churches that 'meet their needs' or provide the best programs in town. I don't think Newman would have fared well if 'choice' was the determiner of conversion. And in any case, given the modern decline in matters of church attendance and practice, the movement of Newman from one church to another would hardly be news in need of an apologia."
"On the cover of the edition I have it claims this is not only a classic autobiography but also a "powerful defense of the Catholic faith." That was misleading. It was not really a powerful defense of Catholicism. It was a powerful defense of Cardinal Newman's conversion however. Oh, and a powerful offense against Anglicanism, even Anglo-Catholicism. This guy really got the shaft from those Monarch-worshiping liberals. And the Evangelicals seemed to have proven themselves idiots (once again?) in his case too. In sum, the book shows that Newman was brilliant, convinced me that if I were him I would have done what he did, and also convinced me that Anglo-Catholicism is a joke."
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