Newman

(Francis William) brother of Cardinal Newman, b. London 1805. Educated at Oxford, he was elected to a fellowship at Balliol College ’26, but resigned in ’30, being unable conscientiously to comply with the regulations of the Test Act then in force. He then went to Bagdad with the object of a isting in a Christian mi ion, but his further studies convinced him he could not conscientiously undertake the work. He returned to England and became cla ical teacher in Bristol College, and subsequently Latin Profe or at London University. In The Soul: its Sorrows and Aspirations , ’49, he states his Theistic position, and in Phases of Faith , ’50, he explains how he came to give up Christianity. He has also written A History of the Hebrew Monarchy , ’47, Theism: Doctrinal and Practical , ’58, and a number of Scott’s tracts on the Defective Morality of the New Testament, the Historical Depravation of Christianity, the Religious Weakne of Protestant ism, etc. Also Religion not History , ’77; What is Christianity without Christ? ’81; Christianity in its Cradle , ’84; and Life after Death , ’86.