"On God's Side": A Life of George Tyrrell

by Nicholas Sagovsky

Overview

The second biography to be written since Tyrrell's death in 1906, this compelling new work outlines the religious upbringing and development of thought that led first to Tyrrell becoming a Jesuit and then to his excommunication by the Roman Catholic Church. Recounting the theological debates of the day, Sagovsky paints a vivid portrait of Tyrrell as a man of compassion and mordant wit, a man who was admired by his friends, yet feared by his enemies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198267287
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/17/1990
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

Clare College, Cambridge

Editorial Reviews

"Sagovsky...has carefully and painstakingly drawn material from such sources as Jesuit archives, diocesan records, and the vast correspondence relating to Tyrrell, and has produced an informative and readable life....A fine contribution to Tyrrellian studies."—Theological Studies

"While this book should have wide appeal, it will have special interest for historians and theologians concerned with the Modernist phenomenon in Roman Catholicism."—Catholic Historical Review

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