The Idea of a University

by John Henry Newman

Overview

Cardinal John Henry Newman was a major figure in the Oxford Movement, a response by the members of the Church of England to a perceived attack by the reforming Whig administration who had already legislated a restructuring of the Church of Ireland. Members of the Oxford Movement feared the secular appropriation of ecclesiastical property and moved to assert their religious authority by returning the church to its Catholic origins. In 1854 John Henry Newman became the Rector of what would become University College, Dublin, a position he would remain in for four years. Based on his experiences as the leader of an educational institution he would publish a volume of lectures explaining his philosophy of education entitled "The Idea of a University". That work which is presented here is an early document of ideas around University education from the first-hand perspective of a man who had a hand in creating one. Religious and educational scholars alike will find much interest in this treatise by one of the most prominent of all religious literary figures. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420969184
Publisher:	Digireads.com
Publication date:	05/28/2020
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Frank M. Turner is the John Hay Whitney Professor of History at Yale University. Martha McMackin Garland is associate professor of history and associate dean of the College of Humanities at Ohio State University. Sara Castro Klaren is research professor of Latin American literature and culture at Johns Hopkins University. George P. Landow is professor of English and art history at Brown University. George M. Marsden is the Francis A. McAneney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
Preface to the original edition     xi
University Teaching
Introductory     3
Theology a Branch of Knowledge     17
Bearing of Theology on other Branches of Knowledge     37
Bearing of Other Branches of Knowledge on Theology     60
Knowledge its Own End     83
Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning     103
Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill     125
Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Religion     148
Duties of the Church towards Knowledge     175
University Subjects
Christianity and Letters. A Lecture in the School of Philosophy and Letters     199
Literature. A Lecture in the School of Philosophy and Letters     215
English Catholic Literature     236
In its relation to Religious Literature     236
In its relation to Science     238
In its relation to Classical Literature     244
In its relation to the Literature of the Day     254
Elementary Studies     264
Grammar     266
Composition     277
Latin Writing     288
General Religious Knowledge     296
A Form of Infidelity of the Day     304
Its Sentiments     304
Its Policy     312
University Preaching     323
Christianity and Physical Science. A Lecture in the School of Medicine     342
Christianity and Scientific Investigation. A lecture written for the School of Science     365
Discipline of Mind. An Address to the Evening Classes     385
Christianity and Medial Science. An Address to the Students of Medicine     405