Jacob Phillips is Director of the Theology Institute at St Mary’s University, UK.

It is a common observation that John Henry Newman was quintessentially English, however Philips demonstrates that in the encounter between Catholicism and Englishness in Newman’s theology, there are both coalescences and corrections to English sensibilities and intellectual fashions. German readers of Newman have long been aware of this. This work by Philips offers a comprehensive treatment of the issue. It is written with a high level of English literary elegance that does justice to the genre of Newman studies. It is likely to become a seminal reference work in the field.

• Chapter 1: John Henry Newman and EnglishnessChapter 2: The English SensibilityChapter 3: Newman’s Tractarian CompromiseChapter 4: Newman’s Tractarian ReserveChapter 5: Newman’s Tractarian EmpiricismChapter 6: Compromise in the Second SpringChapter 7: Reserve in the Second SpringChapter 8: Empiricism in the Second SpringChapter 9:Compromise in the Mature NewmanChapter 10:Reserve in the Mature NewmanChapter 11:Empiricism in the Mature NewmanConclusion: Distant SceneBibliographyIndex

Jacob Phillips is Director of the Theology Institute at St Mary’s University, UK.

It is a common observation that John Henry Newman was quintessentially English, however Philips demonstrates that in the encounter between Catholicism and Englishness in Newman’s theology, there are both coalescences and corrections to English sensibilities and intellectual fashions. German readers of Newman have long been aware of this. This work by Philips offers a comprehensive treatment of the issue. It is written with a high level of English literary elegance that does justice to the genre of Newman studies. It is likely to become a seminal reference work in the field.

• Chapter 1: John Henry Newman and EnglishnessChapter 2: The English SensibilityChapter 3: Newman’s Tractarian CompromiseChapter 4: Newman’s Tractarian ReserveChapter 5: Newman’s Tractarian EmpiricismChapter 6: Compromise in the Second SpringChapter 7: Reserve in the Second SpringChapter 8: Empiricism in the Second SpringChapter 9:Compromise in the Mature NewmanChapter 10:Reserve in the Mature NewmanChapter 11:Empiricism in the Mature NewmanConclusion: Distant SceneBibliographyIndex

Jacob Phillips is Director of the Theology Institute at St Mary’s University, UK.

It is a common observation that John Henry Newman was quintessentially English, however Philips demonstrates that in the encounter between Catholicism and Englishness in Newman’s theology, there are both coalescences and corrections to English sensibilities and intellectual fashions. German readers of Newman have long been aware of this. This work by Philips offers a comprehensive treatment of the issue. It is written with a high level of English literary elegance that does justice to the genre of Newman studies. It is likely to become a seminal reference work in the field.

• Chapter 1: John Henry Newman and EnglishnessChapter 2: The English SensibilityChapter 3: Newman’s Tractarian CompromiseChapter 4: Newman’s Tractarian ReserveChapter 5: Newman’s Tractarian EmpiricismChapter 6: Compromise in the Second SpringChapter 7: Reserve in the Second SpringChapter 8: Empiricism in the Second SpringChapter 9:Compromise in the Mature NewmanChapter 10:Reserve in the Mature NewmanChapter 11:Empiricism in the Mature NewmanConclusion: Distant SceneBibliographyIndex