John Henry Newman Fifteen Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford [Hardcover]

Newman himself called theOxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, `the best, not the most perfect, book I have done'. He added, `I mean there is more to develop in it'. Indeed, the book is a precursor of all his major later works, including especially theEssay on the Developmentof Christian Doctrineand theGrammar of Assent. Dealing with the relationship of faith and reason, the fifteen sermons represent Newman's resolution of the conflict between heart and head that so troubled believers, non-believers, and agnostics of the nineteenth century, Their controversial nature also makes them one of the primary documents of the Oxford Movement. This new edition provides an introduction to the sermons, a definitive text with textual variants, extensive annotation, and appendices containing previously unpublished material.

Editors' Introduction
Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
Appendix A. Newman's Memorandum in Diary Appendix, Planning the Preface to the Proposed Translation of the University Sermons
Appendix B. Newman's `Rough Draft of Matter for Preface to French Translation of Univ. Sermons, Afterwards Written for Dalgairns in Latin' (1847)
Appendix C. Textual Appendix

James David Earnest is Professor of English Emeritus, Murray State University, Kentucky. Gerard Tracey, who died in 2003, was formerly Lay Archivist of the Birmingham Oratory. He edited volumes 6, 7, and 8 ofThe Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman.