San Antonio College Library

Draws on both the Anglican and the Catholic writings and in doing so offers an ecumenical approach to the idea of Christianity. Offers an introduction to the Christian and Catholic faith through the thought of Newman and provides practical approach to and synthesis of his theological thought.

"This book places Dickens and Wilkie Collins against such important figures as John Henry Newman and George Eliot in their response to the religious crisis of mid-nineteenth century England. In foregrounding this aspect of their most important work this study seeks to relocate Dickens and Collins in the context of contemporary debate. Both writers propounded a liberal Christian belief, often dismissed as naive or alternatively as a marketable fiction,...