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This newly edited version of John Henry Newmans Apologia Pro Vita Sua shedsnew light on Newmans celebrated account of his passage from the Church ofEngland to the Roman Catholic Church and repositions his narrative within thecontext of transformative religious journeys of other Victorian intellectuals.Frank M. Turner is the first historian of Victorian thought religion andculture to edit Newmans classic autobiographical narrative. Drawing onextensive research in contemporary printed materials and archives Turnerspowerfully revisionist Introduction reevaluates and challenges the historicaladequacy of previous interpretations of Newmans life and of the Apologiaitself. He further presents Newmans volume as a response to ultramontaneassertions of papal authority in the l860s. In addition to numerous explanatorytextual annotations the volume includes an Appendix featuring six importantAnglican sermons that providesignificant insights into Newmans thought duringthe years recounted in the Apologia «
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