Religion and Modernity

The topic of this undergraduate student* reading group for the Fall semester of 2018 will be: 

John Henry Newman: Faith, Reason, and the Purpose of Education.

The scheduled meetings will be on the following days, at the offices of The Morningside Institute from 6:00-7:30pm. Dinner will be provided and readings will be circulated beforehand.

*Please note that there is a separate but parallel reading group for graduate students.

Monday, September 10

Faith and Reason, part I

(University Sermon 10)

Monday, September 17

Faith and Reason, part II

(University Sermon 11)

Thursday, September 27

Love, Superstition, and Conspiracy Theories

(University Sermon 12)

Monday, October 1

Implicit and Explicit Reason

(University Sermon 13)

Thursday, October 11

Development of Doctrine, Corruption, and Authority

(excerpts from An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine)

Monday, October 15

Notes of Genuine Development, part I

(excerpts from An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine)

Monday, October 22

Notes of Genuine Development, part II

(excerpts from An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine)

Thursday, November 1

The Unity of Knowledge in the University

(excerpts from The Idea of a University)

Monday, November 5

Knowledge as Its Own End

(The Idea of a University: Discourse V and Discourse VII:6–7, 10)

Thursday, November 15

Knowledge and Moral Formation

(The Idea of a University: Discourse VIII)