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Newcomers to Newman studies will find this book a readable, large-minded introduction. His Newman fails in all his worldly campaigns but produces the most unsparing of all critiques of the liberal and pluralist vision of life against which he puts the age-old uncompromising dogma of the R

• Title : The Great Dissent: John Henry Newman and the Liberal Heresy
• Author : Robert Pattison
• Rating : 4.81 (997 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-5-14
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 256 Pages
• Asin : 0195067304
• Language : English

Newcomers to Newman studies will find this book a readable, large-minded introduction. His Newman fails in all his worldly campaigns but produces the most unsparing of all critiques of the liberal and pluralist vision of life against which he puts the age-old uncompromising dogma of the Roman Catholic church."--Noel Annan"Pattison writes beautifully, discussing ancient theological controversies, nineteenth-century political and academic clashes, and intellectual trends in Western culture with clarity and precision. Newman scholars will find the discussion of the Newman/Hampden conflict unmatched elsewhere."--Nineteenth-Century Prose"Robert Pattison has done us all a favor: he has given us a reason to read John Henry Newman again.Not only is The Great Dissent a thorough explication of Newman's often deliberately obfuscated ideas, but it also provides us with the context in which his thoughts take on more than h

Both a story book and a coloring book, with both parts done well!. All of these women are politically active (one builds sanitary facilities for the poor, several are involved in education and human rights) and one, Rahila Tiwana, suffered torture in police custody, though she denies reports of sexual assault, saying her family was too well-respected. beautiful color photos and a wealth of information about bears. Great book. If you are a fan of John Henry Newman, this book will connect the dots in many ways regarding the lectures, sermons and thinking of John Henry Newman, at least as far as the subject of this book is concerned, which is Liberalism.On the one hand the author claims that Newman was a failure at almost everything he put his hand to, (looked at from the world's perspective of success.) But on the other hand, the author elevates his opposition to Liberalism as something so phenomenal, that he is at a loss to find anyone either from his own time, all the way through the present that makes a more clear, consistent, logical and persuasive case against Liberalism.The book does not really address Newman's Spirituality.On the whole, I would say the book has much to offer by way of insight into the career of John Henry Newman.. The simple language will

The GreatDissent offers a revaluation of Newman's whole thought and establishes his place in the history of ideas as the leading English dissident from the liberalism of contemporary civilization and the foremost modern spokesman for the reality of dogmatic truth.. "Alas," Newman said of liberalism, "it is an error overspreading, as a snare, the whole earth." The Great Dissent examines how from his implacable opposition to liberalism Newman developed a sweeping critique of modern values only rivaled in breadth and scorn by that of Nietzsche