BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES: To Be Perfect is to Have Changed Often: The Development of John Henry Newman's Ecclesiological Outlook, 1845–1877

Frank Turner's 2002 book, John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion, was controversial not merely for what even the author occasionally admitted was “tendentious speculation” but also for his claim that Newman scholars had too easily accepted Newman's own account of his life...

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Published in:Church history 2019, Vol.88 (1), p.251-254
Main Author: Deavel, David P
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Grammar
Newman, John Henry (1801-1890)
Popes
Religion
Religious history
Theologians
Theology
Truth
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Summary:Frank Turner's 2002 book, John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion, was controversial not merely for what even the author occasionally admitted was “tendentious speculation” but also for his claim that Newman scholars had too easily accepted Newman's own account of his life in the Apologia. Ryan J. Marr, director of the National Institute for Newman Studies, and another Parker doctoral student, provides a test case of whether “Turnerism” really shifts our views of Newman with To Be Perfect is to Have Changed Often: The Development of John Henry Newman's Ecclesiological Outlook, 1845-1877. Marr's fourth chapter, on Newman's Grammar of Assent, is a very useful summary of the main points defending unlettered belief in the Church's authority as well as active consciences that received divinely revealed truth, traits that are needed to provide a balanced view of the Church.
ISSN:0009-6407
1755-2613
DOI:10.1017/S0009640719000957