The companion volume to The Quotable Newman (Sophia Institute Press, 2012) — and a “supplement” more than a sequel. Of the 175 topics here, 136 are new; the citations tend to be shorter; and the source mix tilts much further into Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman’s correspondence.
Armstrong worked from two additional Letters and Diaries volumes (XXVII and XXVIII, 1874-1878) that go for $50 to $500 used — books most Newman readers have never opened. The first volume hit the major, “obligatory” theological topics. This one is wider-ranging and (Armstrong’s word) more “fun” for Newman devotees: his reflections on his own writing and books, science and Christianity, heaven and hell, old age, Ireland and the Irish, the Apologia, the Grammar of Assent, the cardinalate, the Whore of Babylon, the Galileo affair.
Theology is still the overwhelming emphasis. Cardinal Newman’s Catholic and doctrinal thinking remains the spine. But this is the volume where the man himself comes through.
Inside this book
- 175 topics (136 new), alphabetically arranged with full bibliographic citations
- Heavy use of Newman’s correspondence — including rare *Letters and Diaries* volumes XXVII-XXVIII (1874-1878)
- Newman on the *Apologia*, the *Grammar of Assent*, the cardinalate, anti-Catholicism, ecumenism, the Galileo affair
- Newman on science and Christianity, heaven and hell, old age, Ireland, the Whore of Babylon
- A 14-page bibliography keyed to standard editions of every Newman work cited
