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John Henry Newman: A Life Sacrificed

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ida Friederike G?rres, Jennifer S. Bryson (Translator)Publish date:2024-11-08Pages:291
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ignatius PressISBN-13:9781621646983ISBN-10:162164698XUPC:9781621646983Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ReligionBook Subcategory:Religious, ChristianityBook Topic:Saints & SainthoodSize:8.96 x 6.08 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SC75P2C3ZY

This unparalleled introduction to St. John Henry Newman--mind, heart, soul, and personality--brings the great cardinal to life before our eyes, and with him the charged air of nineteenth-century England. Drawing from his letters, writings, and journal entries with precision and poetic flair, the book is one of Ida Friederike G?rres' masterworks.

While famous for his brilliance, Cardinal Newman did not hide in an ivory tower. His life was one of risk, sacrifice, and immense charity. His sharp turn to Catholicism rocked the University of Oxford, costing him his friendships, his livelihood, and his identity. Through failures and disappointments, over and over again, Newman let himself be recreated by God.

This work, in G?rres' words, is a portrait of "the boy, puzzled, who was startled and overwhelmed by God; the active, creative young prophet of his church in crisis; the hermit, who he was and wanted to be all his life; and the fighter, who he was with and against his will: the saint of the Church and the saint of humility, the one perfected in sacrifice".

With an in-depth introduction by Ratzinger Prize winner Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz, an extensive commentary by translator Jennifer S. Bryson, and a detailed index, the book introduces readers not only to St. John Henry Newman, but to G?rres, one of the greatest hagiographers of the twentieth century, whose spiritual writings have only recently been discovered by the English-speaking world.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Ignatius PressISBN-13:9781621646983ISBN-10:162164698XUPC:9781621646983Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ReligionBook Subcategory:Religious, ChristianityBook Topic:Saints & SainthoodSize:8.96 x 6.08 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SC75P2C3ZY

Ida Friederike G?rres (1901-1971) was the author of a number of outstanding works on saints and sanctity, including The Nature of Sanctity, The Cloister and the World, and her most acclaimed work, The Hidden Face: A Study of St. Th?r?se of Lisieux.


Publisher: Ignatius Press

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