We All Know Matthew Arnold is a Doctor of the Church

Abstract

Praises Sagovsky’s choice of subject. Outlines his three-part argument that demonstrates Tyrell’s debt to Arnold not only for key phrases but also for ideas about ethics, the experiential nature of Christianity, and the distinctions between science and religion. Links Tyrell through Arnold to the English tradition of F.D. Maurice, John Henry Newman, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Faults Sagovsky for accepting the traditional view of Arnold’s ideas about religion; claims these are in need of modification.