The Idea of a University - Couverture rigide

Newman, Cardinal John Henry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300064047 ISBN 13 : 9780300064049

Editeur : Yale University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Since its publication almost 150 years ago, "The Idea of a University" has had an influence on the shaping and goals of higher education. The issues that John Henry Newman raised - the place of religion and moral values in the university setting, the competing claims of liberal and professional education, the character of the academic community, the cultural role of literature, the relation of religion and science - have provoked discussion from Newman's time to our own. This edition of "The Idea of a University" includes the full text of "University Teaching" and four selections from "University Subjects", together with five essays by leading scholars that explore the background and the present day relevance of Newman's themes. In the essays Martha Garland discusses the character and organization of the early 19th-century English universities upon which Newman based much of his vision; Frank M. Turner traces the impact of Newman's influence during the vast expansion of higher education since World War II; George Marsden investigates how the decreasing emphasis on religion has affected higher education; Sara Castro Klaren examines the implication of Newman's views on education and literature for current debates between proponents of a curriculum based on western civilization and one based on multiculturalism; and George Landow considers what the advent of electronic communication will mean to university teaching, research and community. To aid accessibility, the edition also includes an analytical table of contents, a chronology and biographical sketch of Newman's life, questions for discussion, expanded notes, and a glossary of names, all of which should help make this the standard teaching text of Newman's work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

No man was ever better qualified to write such a book as The Life of a University than Cardinal Newman was. And the subject has never been more pressing than it is today. In this classic, Newman poses a number of important questions: What is the purpose of education? What does it mean to be educated? What is the role of a university? What is the relationship between learning and the life of a society? And where does Catholicism fit in? The issues Newman examined with incomparable insight continue to be relevant today, one hundred and fifty years after it was first published. This book has been recognized as probably the greatest of its kind, and no one interested in the relationship between religion, learning, culture and politics can afford to neglect it.

Biographie de l'auteur

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) was England’s greatest convert and theologian of the nineteenth century. His many written contributions to Catholic thought and culture include An Essay on The Development of Christian Doctrine, A Grammar of Assent, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, and Callista.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300064047
• ISBN 13: 9780300064049
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 404
• Éditeur: Turner Frank M., Garland Martha McMackin, Castro-Klaren Sara, Landow George P., Marsden George M.
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