John Henry Newman

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October 2015

October 16, 2015

The long view

I am reading a fine collection of essays entitled Christianity and the Disciplines, which invites...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

Review Essay: Paul Shrimpton, The Making of Men

In 1848 an Oxford don named Charles Daman, a close friend of John Henry Newman...

May 2015

May 19, 2015

Knowing takes work

From John Henry Newman: The mind ranges to and fro, and spreads out and advances...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Catholic universities and nonviolence

In light of the situation that has unfolded in Baltimore in recent days, we who...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

The meaning of meaning

At the heart of any intellectual exercise is meaning-making. Whether I am using a microscope...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

Newman’s vision

Joe Humphreys at the Irish Times asks whether John Henry Newman's vision for Catholic universities...