Apologia pro Vita Sua (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Henry Newman
- First Published: 1864
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Essays, Apology
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Religion, England or English people, Christianity, Catholics or Catholic Church, Life, philosophy of, Popes or papacy, Church or churches
Critical Evaluation:
This long essay, also known as History of My Religious Opinions, is the famous reply written by John Henry Newman in answer to the attack upon him by Charles Kingsley. The years 1833-1841 had seen the publication of Tracts for the Times, to which Newman had been a contributor; these tracts, which gave their name to the Tractarian or Oxford Movement, were the spearhead of the great theological controversy of the middle years of the century. Newman and his friends were eager to return the Anglican church to something like its position during...
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