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Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education

Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin

Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education( )
Author: Newman, John Henry
Series title:Cambridge Library Collection - Education Ser.
ISBN:978-1-108-02205-7
Publication Date:Nov 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $52.99
Book Description:

Throughout his career, John Henry Newman (1801-1890) remained a committed believer in the value of education. Delivered initially as a series of lectures when he was rector of the newly-established Catholic University of Ireland, his Discourses (1852) inspired a generation of young and talented Catholic scholars.

Book Details
Pages:482
Detailed Subjects: Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 8.424 x 1.053 Inches
Book Weight:1.342 Pounds
Author Biography
Newman, John Henry Cardinal (Author)
English clergyman John Henry Newman was born on February 21, 1801. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Oxford. He was the leader of the Oxford movement and cardinal after his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church. In 1822, he received an Oriel College fellowship, which was then the highest distinction of Oxford scholarship, and was appointed a tutor at Oriel. Two years later, he became vicar of St. Mary's, the Anglican church of the University of Oxford, and exerted influence on the religious thought through his sermons.

When Newman resigned his tutorship in 1832, he made a tour of the Mediterranean region and wrote the hymn "Lead Kindly Light." He was also one of the chief contributors to "Tracts for the Times" (1833-1841), writing 29 papers including "Tract 90", which terminated the series. The final tract was met with opposition because of its claim that the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England are aimed primarily at the abuses of Roman Catholicism. Newman retired from Oxford in 1842 to the village of Littlemore. He spent three years in seclusion and resigned his post as vicar of St. Mary's on October 9, 1845. During this time, he wrote a retraction of his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church and after writing his "Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine," he became a Roman Catholic. The following year, he went to Rome and was ordained a priest and entered the Congregation of the Oratory.

The remainder of Newman's life was spent in the house of the Oratory that he established near Birmingham. He also served as rector of a Roman Catholic university that the bishops of Ireland were trying to establish in Dublin from 1854-1858. While there, he delivered a series of lectures that were later published as "The Idea of a University Defined" (1873), which says the function of a university is the training of the mind instead of the giving of practical information. In 1864, Newman published "Apologia pro Vita Su



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