Newman in the Story of Philosophy: The Philosophical Legacy of Saint John Henry Newman
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Overview
Saint John Henry Newman is widely acknowledged to be an important theologian. Despite this, Newman commentators believe that his work has received little recognition by philosophers. This book explores whether or not Newman’s supposed philosophical isolation constitutes a misconception in Newman historiography. First of all, it does this by examining Newman’s general philosophical reception over the last two centuries; surveying a wide range of philosophical positions and philosophers from the many different branches of this discipline. The book then focuses upon whether or not Newman has made a contribution to one specific philosophical position, seldom given attention within Newman scholarship: the particularist approach to epistemology. In its investigations into this and the other more general dimension of Newman’s philosophical reception, the book offers an historical re-evaluation of Newman’s philosophical legacy.
“Pratt Morris-Chapman, in his original study of John Henry
Newman’s intellectual contribution, persuasively establishes that
Newman, most readily recognized as a theologian and canonized
saint, left another legacy as an influential philosopher both in
his own time and in contemporary discourse.”
—Carolyn Muessig, Chair of Christian Thought, University of
Calgary
“In all aspects of daily living, even more in the religious domain,
we tend to belittle what is essential to human flourishing: the art
of thinking. What Dr. Pratt Morris-Chapman argues for in this
publication is how an eminent theologian like St. John Henry Newman
forms part of the story of philosophy. In exploring the way in
which Cardinal Mercier and Roderick Chisholm use Newman’s defense
of religious belief, the author highlights the ability of this
theologian to reveal the idea that reason is a foundational element
within the logic of faith. This literary work is to be valued as it
responds to our quest of giving a sense of purpose to religious
thinking for contemporary philosophy.”
—Ian Ernest, Director, the Anglican Centre in Rome
“This extensively researched book traces the abiding influence of
John Henry Newman, especially by relating it to the particularist
epistemology of the philosopher of religion William J. Abraham. It
explains how both authors explore questions of the deepest
relevance for our times: the limits of rationalistic liberalism,
the credibility of religious belief, and the nature of religion as
a historical phenomenon. It is valuable reading for both the
secularly curious and the religiously committed.”
—Gerard Whelan, SJ, Director of the Department of Fundamental
Theology, the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
- Title: Newman in the Story of Philosophy: The Philosophical Legacy of Saint John Henry Newman
- Author: D. J. Pratt Morris-Chapman
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725283183, 1725283182
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725283183
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-23T08:30:55Z
Daniel J. Pratt Morris-Chapman is minister of Ponte Sant’Angelo Methodist Church, Rome, and a visiting professor at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome. He is a research fellow at Wesley House Cambridge, Stellenbosch University, and the Oxford Centre for Methodism & Church History.