Newman studies : present and future

Abstract

This essay deals with some of the recent literature about Newman such as Ker's recent biography, Jeremy Miller's book on Newman's ecclesiology, Clyde Nabe's book on Newman's epistemology of religion and WaIter Jost's monograph on Rhetorical Thought in John Henry Newman. Also, eight areas are listed where further research is needed. lan Ker's biography of Newman possesses one distinct advantage over the other biographies of Newman. Ker was able to take advantage of the thirty volumes of Newman's Letters and Diaries. Letters offer immediacy without second thoughts and often without later publication in mind, over against both biography and autobiography.