John Henry Newmans Konversion: Sein Weg zur Katholischen Kirche aus Protestantischer Perspektive

Review "Die gründlichste deutschsprachige Studie aus protestantischer Sicht zu Newman. Im Jahr der Seligsprechung Newmans für mich das Buch: Aus stupender Kenntnis der Oxforder Situation erwachsen, entschieden protestantisch, aber einfühlsam für die Motive und Beweggründe Newmans, methodisch exakt erarbeitet. Gleichzeitig nicht nur ein Buch über Newman. Historisch fundiert wird der Leser vor die Frage unser Zeit gestellt: Wie ist Gewissheit im Glauben möglich? Professor Dr. Roman Siebenrock, Institut für Systematische Theologie, Universität Innsbruck Johannes Schwanke has led us in this magisterial book deep into the mind and soul of one of the great religious figures of the past two centuries, and he has done so with a most attractive combination of sympathy and irony, sensitivity and lucidity. It has all the advantages of being written by a German scholar who can see Newman in perspective, and by a Protestant who can write about him without treating him hagiographically. He carries one clearly through all the developments of Newman's life and thinking which ended in his conversion to Catholicism, writing about him vividly, and giving us a stronger understanding of both Catholic and Protestant traditions in the process. Professor Dr. Henry Mayr-Harting, Regius Professor em. of Ecclesiastical History, University of Oxford Product Description John Henry Newman (1801-1890), lecturer in Oxford, Anglican priest and Roman Catholic cardinal, is the most influential convert of modern British history. Even today, through his masterful defense of his conversion, he still convinces many people to follow his example. This study is the first Protestant monograph on the topic, providing an in-depth discussion of Newman´s arguments. Following a reflection on whether something could be learned from these arguments in a Protestant self-criticism, the book raises the question whether Newman´s Apologia is really sustainable. About the Author

Johannes Schwanke, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.