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Essays for Ian Ker

Seventeen distinguished scholars have contributed to this festschrift published in honour of Fr Ian Ker, the greatest living Newman scholar. Their highly original contributions offer novel insights into the life and thought of St John Henry Newman and, in one case, of G. K. Chesterton, too. Intended for the general reader as well as the specialist, these lucid and compelling essays explore key facets of the man of letters, preacher, theologian, educator and social critic that Newman was, as well as his rich personality. They add weight to the growing body of evidence that Newman should one day be declared a Doctor of the Church.

978 085244 987 5  378 pages  £20.00  

The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845–1961

Ian Ker

This book presents a thorough discussion of the six principal writers of the Catholic revival in English literature - Newman, Hopkins, Belloc, Chesterton, Greene, and Waugh.  Beginning with Newman’s conversion in 1845 and ending with Waugh’s completion of the trilogy The Sword of Honour in 1961, it explores how Catholicism shaped the work of these six prominent writers.

978 085244 625 6

236 pages

£14.99