I'm curious as to why Ref21 would publish this hagiographic review of a biography on Cardinal Newman:
I'm not saying Newman doesn't merit biographies. And I'm not saying Newman doesn't have some useful things to say. But the review is utterly one-sided.
Let's not forget that Newman largely squandered his great gifts in defense of an unworthy cause.
There's a place for Newman scholarship, but it needs to be discerning. To take a comparison:
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199548132.001.0001/acprof-9780199548132
New editorial leadership, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteThe author is from Jerry Walls's Houston Baptist University.
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