A synoptic investigation of the underlying philosophies of 12 religious thinkers from Newman to Ratzinger. It argues that between the Oxford Movement and Vatican II, there was a profound shift, not so much in the content of religious belief, as in the way it was held. This shift, more intellectual than theological, is in the book termed the "Critical Impulsion". It may be described as a change from categorically affirmed authority to critically observed method.
- ISBN10 0333772768
- ISBN13 9780333772768
- Publish Date 22 September 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English