John Henry Newman: Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford

John Henry Newman: Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
Author: James David Earnest
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2006-08-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780191513527

Newman himself called the Oxford 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 the Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine and the Grammar 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to the sermons, a definitive text with textual variants, extensive annotation, and appendices containing previously unpublished material.

John Henry Newman: Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford

John Henry Newman: Fifteen Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford
Author: John Henry Newman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0198269625

An edition, with introduction and comprehensive notes, of one of Newman's best-known works. The sermons, which explore the relation of faith and reason, are a key document of the Oxford Movement.

Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel

Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel
Author: Joseph Butler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2017
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199657556

Joseph Butler's Fifteen Sermons (1729) is a classic work of moral philosophy, which remains widely influential. The topics Butler discusses include the role of conscience in human nature, self-love and egoism, compassion, resentment and forgiveness, and love of our neighbour and of God. The text of the enlarged and corrected second edition is here presented together with a selection of Butler's other ethical writings: A Dissertation of the Nature of Virtue, A Sermon Preached Before the House of Lords, and relevant extracts from his correspondence with Samuel Clarke. While this is a readers' edition that avoids cluttering Butler's text with textual variants and intrusive footnotes, it comes complete with scholarly apparatus intended to aid the reader in studying Butler's work in depth. David McNaughton contributes a substantial historical and philosophical introduction that highlights the continuing importance of these works. In addition, there are extensive notes at the end of the volume, including significant textual variants, and full details of Butler's sources and references, as well as short summaries of Butler's predecessors, and a selective bibliography. This will be the definitive resource for anyone interested in Butler's moral philosophy.