Loss and Gain - A Novel of Faith, Conversion, and Conscience
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.04.2013
Verlag
Smk BooksSeitenzahl
242
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.6/1.5 cm
Gewicht
419 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-61720-917-8
A young Oxford student's search for religious truth places him at odds with his university, his family, and the expectations that have shaped his entire life. Charles Reding arrives at Oxford as a devoted member of the Church of England, confident that education will strengthen the beliefs he has inherited. Instead, conversations with tutors, friends, and fellow students force him to confront profound disagreements over doctrine, authority, tradition, and the nature of the Church. As Charles examines competing religious claims, intellectual curiosity gradually becomes a personal crisis that affects every part of his life. His growing attraction to Roman Catholicism brings suspicion, isolation, and painful conflict. Friends attempt to guide or discourage him, university authorities question his loyalty, and his family fears that conversion will destroy his prospects and separate him from everything familiar. Newman presents Charles's struggle with wit, psychological insight, and close observation of Oxford life, portraying conversion not as a sudden revelation but as a demanding process of doubt, argument, sacrifice, and conscience. First published in 1848, Loss and Gain was John Henry Newman's first novel and drew heavily upon the religious controversies surrounding the Oxford Movement and his own conversion to Catholicism. Both a campus novel and a spiritual autobiography in fictional form, it explores the price of following conviction when personal security, social standing, and family affection are at stake. The novel remains an important work of Victorian religious fiction and a compelling examination of faith, intellectual honesty, and moral courage.
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