Abstract
This article explores the historical place of Sacred Heart theology and devotion in the Anglican and Catholic life of Blessed John Henry Newman to argue that his neglected, personalised theology of the Sacred Heart is set firmly on the dogmatic foundations of his neo-patristic Christology, avoids maudlin sentimentality, resonates with magisterial teaching, and straddles the divide between theology and spirituality. Hence Newman's spiritual-theology of the intercommunion of hearts is, at once, relational, devotional and theological in a manner which has the potential both to touch the hearts of contemporary men and women and serve as a resource for those in the academy.
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