The Marian turn in Newman’s idea of history

Rebekah Ann Lamb

doi:10.1353/rel.2023.a909154

The Marian turn in Newman’s idea of history

Rebekah Ann Lamb^*

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School of Divinity

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Abstract

This essay examines the degree to which Newman's gradual assent to Marian dogma strengthened the aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of his philosophy of history from the 1840s, onward. Derivatively, it considers how the most fitting place to discern Newman's meditative idea of history is in his literary and devotional writings and not only in his expositions on doctrine and catechesis. The essay concludes by proposing that Newman's meditative approach to the question of history is saturated by the Marian habit of attention, of pondering the things of life in the heart, and stands in marked (and redressive) contrast to the emerging philosophies of power politics that have come to characterize late modernity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49 - 70
Number of pages	22
Journal	Religion and Literature
Volume	55
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/rel.2023.a909154
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2023

Keywords

John Henry Newman
Christian doctrine
Religion and literature
Victorian studies
Marian theology
Aestheticism
Philosophical theology

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