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DescriptionJohn Henry Newman is often described as 'the Father of the Second Vatican Council'. He anticipated most of the Council's major documents, as well as being an inspiration to the theologians who were behind them. His writings offer an illuminating commentary both on the teachings of the Council and the way these have been implemented and interpreted in the post-conciliar period. This book is the first sustained attempt to consider what Newman's reaction to Vatican II would have been. As a theologian who on his own admission fought throughout his life against theological liberalism, yet who pioneered many of the themes of the Council in his own day, Newman is best described as a conservative radical who cannot be classed simply as either a conservative or liberal Catholic. At the time of the First Vatican Council, Newman adumbrated in his private letters a mini-theology of Councils, which casts much light on Vatican II and its aftermath. Author descriptionIan Ker has taught both English literature and theology in universities in the United States and Britain, where he currently teaches in the theology faculty of the University of Oxford. He is the author of John Henry Newman: A Biography (1988), The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 (2003), and G. K. Chesterton: A Biography (2011). He is generally regarded as the leading authority on Newman, on whom he has written and edited more than 20 books. Table of contentsIntroduction ; 1. The Conservative Radical ; 2. The Hermeneutic of Change in Continuity ; 3. Towards a Theology of Councils ; 4. The Charismatic Church ; 5. Some Unintended Consequences of Vatican II ; 6. Secularization and the New Evangelization ; Conclusion |