1: Oxford
2: The Movement
3: The Via Media
4: Doubts
5: Crisis
6: Development
7: From Oxford to Rome
8: Controversy and Satire
9: The Idea of a University
10: The Catholic University of Ireland
11: Oratory and University
12: The Idea and the Laity
13: The Years of Silence
14: Apologia
15: Return to Oxford?
16: The Justification of Religious Belief
17: Papal Infallibility
18: Oxford and Rome Again
`As splendid and enthralling a Life as I have had in my hands for
many a day...Ker's portraits, not only of Newman and the principal
figures of his life, but of many wholly subsidiary characters,
spring to life on page after page
'
Bernard Levin, The Times
`Absorbing...gives us the truest portrait of Newman of any we
possess
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Roderick Strange, Sunday Times
`Not only the best "life" of Newman, but one of the best
biographies of any great nineteenth-century writer'
Kathleen Tillotson, Modern Language Review
`Monumental...the impact of this book is nothing short of
revolutionary...a work of the largest scope and penetration'
Edwin M. Yoder, The Washington Post
`The reissue of this important biography... will be welcomed, not
only by those already deeply engaged with Newman's life and work,
but also with that ever increasing number of people in whom recent
events and the advancement of the canonisation process have aroused
an interest in his real personality... Ian Ker's book, running to
some 770 pages, is bthe modern biography for the modern reader...
With Newman's canonisation fully expected by the end of this
year the appearance of this book provides an opening into a new
stage of a great man's posthumous life. Newman's rich legacy, in so
many areas of history, theology, philosophy and culture, let
alone
spirtuality, continues to benefit us all.'
Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic
`Beautiful, thorough ... Ker's biography is the leader in a crowded
and partisan field. Both for its detail, and sympathetic reading of
his subject, this biography should continue to serve as the
standard life of Newman for some time to come'
Matthew Boyleston, Reformation 21
`Revised and updated since its first publication in 1988, this
masterly biography makes clear how Newman came to cut such a
commanding intellectual and spiritual figure in his own age and
today.'
Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman
`Throughout, the proseis lucid and engaging, the analysis is
thorough and the coverage of the subject is extensive.'
Alison Jack, Expository Times
`The additional material...makes the biography the most
comprehensive and up-to-date study of Newman available. Fr Ker must
be commended for a work which invaluably contributes to an
historically true and fundamentally honest understanding of one of
the greatest thinkers of our age.'
Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald
`Ian Ker, truly the world's renowned expert on Newman studies,
presents an engaging biography ... [T]his title certainly needs to
be in every academic library.'
Catholic Library World
`The quotations, especially from the letters, are a revelation and
delight.'
P. J. Kavanagh, Spectator
`Accurate, meticulous, tirelessly sympathetic and full of
thoughtELa rare bird in the wastelands of modern biography.'
Eric Griffiths, Sunday Telegraph
`It will be valued for many years, perhaps for ever, as the
definitive chronicle of a life which fascinated the Victorians and
has not ceased to fascinate since'
David L. Edwards, Church Times
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