The Spirit of the Oxford Movement Tractarian Essays [Paperback]

This brings together some of Owen Chadwick's most important and characteristic essays on the Tractarian Movement.More general topics are covered, in addition to studies of Newman, Liddon, Edward King and Henri Bremond, in this collection of new and revised essays on various aspects of the Oxford movement and the English Church in the Victorian era.More general topics are covered, in addition to studies of Newman, Liddon, Edward King and Henri Bremond, in this collection of new and revised essays on various aspects of the Oxford movement and the English Church in the Victorian era.In this collection of new and revised essays Owen Chadwick, perhaps the most distinguished living historian of religion, writes on various aspects of the Oxford Movement and the English Church in the Victorian era. Along with studies of Newman, Liddon, Edward King and Henri Bremond are included more general essays surveying the reaction of the Established Church and on the nature of Catholicism. In particular, the revision of the long-unobtainable introductory essay, The Mind of the Oxford Movement, illustrates once again the profound contribution Owen Chadwick has made to our understanding of religion in Britain in the nineteenth century.Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The mind of the Oxford Movement; 2. The limitations of Keble; 3. The Ecclesiastical Commission; 4. 'Lead, Kindly Light'; 5. The university on Mount Zion; 6. Charles Kingsley at Cambridge; 7. The Oxford Movement and its reminiscences; 8. Newman and the historians; 9. Henri Bremond and Newman; 10. The established Church under attack; 11. The young Liddon; 12. The choice of bishops; 13. Edward King; 14. A Tractarian pastoral ideal; 15. Catholicism; Further reading; Index. ...the collection is interesting to read. The author is a great scholar and a superb writer. John R. Griffin, The Catholic History Review Owen Chadwick's essay, 'The Mind of the Oxford Movement,' published in 1960 as the introduction to a collection of souls;