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John Henry Newman and the Imagination - by Bernard Dive (Paperback)
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Highlights
- For John Henry Newman, religion is animated by an imaginative 'master vision' which 'supplies the mind with spiritual life and peace'.
- About the Author: Bernard Dive is a freelance editor and writer; he edited Through the Year with Newman, an anthology of Newman's writings.
- 480 Pages
- Literary Criticism, General
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Book Synopsis
For John Henry Newman, religion is animated by an imaginative 'master vision' which 'supplies the mind with spiritual life and peace'. All his life, Newman reflected on this 'master vision'. His reflections on the moral imagination developed out of his understanding of practical wisdom, as characterized by Aristotle - the wisdom that 'the good man' has in living a good life. For Newman, the vision at the core of religion completes and perfects the intuitions of the conscience.John Henry Newman and the Imagination looks at how Newman's understanding of the moral and visionary imagination developed over the course of his life; and it relates his ideas about the imagination to his portrayals of religious experience, and vision, in his novels and poetry.
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Bernard Dive has written a clear, perceptive, valuable, and timely guide to the intersection of expanding fields of contemporary research and wider public interest: the subtle insights of Bl. John Henry Newman, and the philosophies of metaphor and the imagination. This superb book catalyses new understanding for scholarship and personal growth.
Fr Andrew Pinsent, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, Oxford University, UK
Dive's interdisciplinary dialogue succeeds in presenting a cumulative picture of the English cardinal on the imagination. The work includes splendid vignettes on poetical vision ... Each section is richly informative ... Dive raises important questions for the contemporary discourse on the Catholic imagination, drawing attention to the practical import and the spirituality of image.
Theological Studies
This is a rich, illuminating, and supremely well-informed study of Newman's imaginative mind. It is, moreover, the finest book on Blessed John Henry I have read.
Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University, UK
About the Author
Bernard Dive is a freelance editor and writer; he edited Through the Year with Newman, an anthology of Newman's writings. He has degrees in English and Theology and a Ph.D in English from the University of Cambridge.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .96 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.46 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 480
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: General
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Author: Bernard Dive
Language: English
Street Date: September 19, 2019
TCIN: 1006604260
UPC: 9780567692641
Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-1833
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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