Is Academic Freedom Possible? John Henry Newman’s Witness

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:05:06 -0400

John Henry Newman’s Reluctant Prayer for Christian Unity

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Newman’s Assent of Faith

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:01:00 -0500

John Henry Newman, Oxford scholar and famous English convert to Catholicism (1801“1890), whose birthday we celebrate today, is acknowledged by most for his English prose, his lofty ideas on university education and his writings on development of Christian doctrine. We often put Newman forward as an example for the Catholic intellectual but rarely consider what he has to say to the average person striving to live a Christian life in a secular world. But Newman was also a pastor and his parochial sermons were addressed to his parishioners and students”average people striving to live a Christian life in an increasingly secular world.

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Is Academic Freedom Possible? John Henry Newman’s Witness

John Henry Newman’s Reluctant Prayer for Christian Unity

Newman’s Assent of Faith