1. THE OXFORD
MOVEMENT
Prepared by: Vibhuti V. Bhatt,
M. A. Part – I, Sem – II,
Department of English,
MKBU, Bhavnagar.

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Introduction:
• John Henry Newman – the summary and expression of
the movement
• The originator – John Keble – ‘true and primary author
• Also known as the TRACTARIAN MOVEMENT
• Nineteenth Century Movement
• Fundamentally Religious in Nature

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Various Aims
• To Re-establish the dignity of church
• To defend the church against the interference of the state
• To fight against liberalism
• Conservative in Nature
• To restore reverence for the sacraments, rituals and
dogmas of the Roman Catholic Faith

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Cont.…
1. Opposed to Rationalism
• Religion should be put to the test of rational scientific
examination
• Movement stood against too much insistence on reason
and proof in religious matters

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Effects on the Intellectual Life of the Time
1. In fiction – the effect – in the novels of Charlotte Mary
Yonge and the mythical fiction of J. H. Sourthouse
2. Movement produced a surprising bulk of ecclesiastical
journalism
3. A profound effect – showed to Englishmen the historic
continuity of their national church

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References used...
• Class Notes
• Mundra, Volume VI