Cardinal Newman for Today
'This book can be wholeheartedly recommended. It is refreshing reading, full of a living theology, written with a flowing style. One can dip into any of its chapters and gain understanding and light for the ongoing journey of faith. Readers will be grateful to Fr. Norris for showing how Newman's theology is so timely in the contemporary scene.' --Bishop Dr. Philip Boyce,The Irish Catholic'Norris is no unfamiliar face to Newman studies.... At home with the different theological currents which are alive today, he is one of those who can enrich Newman scholars, both old and new, in his discovery today.' --Fabio Attard, S.D.B.,Milltown Studies'Cardinal Newman for Todayis another welcome contribution to Newman studies ... an eminently readable and scholarly book (often a rare combination) which covers some of the many issues that occupy us still. What the author shows is how accessible Newman is and his relevance to many of today's concerns. It is a book to be placed in the hands of the budding Newman student.' --Mervyn Davies,The Pastoral ReviewThomas J. Norris explores Newman's work and its development in the context of Newman's life, pointing out how Newman's thinking emerged at Vatican II. In his study of the church fathers, Newman saw creative elaborators of the faith who grappled with the meaning of revelation in the face of situations that had not been present when revelation was given. More than an intellectual endeavor, theirs was an effort to figure out how to live out the message of scripture in those new situations.... Norris's summary of Newman's view of tradition gives a good survey of how we arrived at Vatican II'sDei Verbum.Newman sees tradition in the context of Eric Voegelin's insight that a nation is born from an original experience that gathers a people and guides them through history.... It is hard to read this book without assimilating the cardinal's ardent appreciation for the Catholic tradition. --Rosemary Jermann,Review for Religious