Religion and Modernity
The topic of this graduate 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 and parallel reading group for undergraduate students.
Thursday, October 18
Faith and Reason, part I
(excerpts from University Sermons 10 & 11)
Thursday, October 25
Love and Reason
Wednesday, October 31
The Unity of Knowledge in the University
(The Idea of a University: Discourse III and Discourse IV; excerpts will be emailed in advance)
Wednesday, november 7
Knowledge as Its Own End
(The Idea of a University: Discourse V and Discourse VII.6–7, 10)
Wednesday, november 14
Knowledge and Moral Formation
(The Idea of a University: Discourse VIII)