Newman and the Nineteenth Century Church (CH9163C)

Postgraduate, 24.0 points

Content

This unit will examine the life of John Henry Newman and his context in the Anglican Church. It will explore his role in developing the theology and spirituality of the Oxford Movement and the influence of the Movement on the Anglican Communion and beyond. Newman’s later life in the Catholic Church will also be examined including his contribution to education both University and secondary, his view on the role of the laity in the Church and his attitude to contemporary issues such as evolution and Papal Infallibility. An evaluation will be made of his impact on Catholic thought and practice.

Unit code: CH9163C

Unit status: Approved (Minor revision)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Church History

Proposing College: Catholic Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Situate the main facts concerning the leading figures, the chief events in which they were involved and their most significant works
2.

Assess the influence of the wider historic context in shaping ecclesial events and responses
3.

Analyse the main primary sources in the light of the overall historic and theological context
4.

Trace the ways in which the main ideas articulated have had an abiding impact on the Anglican and Catholic communities and indeed on a wider Christendom
5.

Critique the ways in which these ideas are making a contribution to current ecumenical dialogue and the presentation of the Christian message
6.

Research a specific topic in a critically rigorous, sustained and self-directed manner

Pedagogy

Seminars and lectures

Indicative Bibliography

Much of the primary source material is available on internet sources such as ‘The Canterbury project’. The 32 volumes of Newman’s Letters and Diaries are also available.

  • Aquino, F.D. & B.J. King, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • Blehl, Vincent Ferrer. Pilgrim Journey: John Henry Newman 1801-1845. New York: Paulist, 2001.
  • Brown, Stewart, and Peter Nockles, eds. The Oxford Movement: Europe and the Wider World 1830-1930. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  • Brown, Stewart J., Peter Nockles, and James Pereiro, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the Oxford Movement. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
  • Chapman, Raymond, ed. Firmly I Believe: An Oxford Movement Reader. Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2006.
  • Cooper, Austin. John Henry Newman: A Developing Spirituality. Homebush, NSW: St Paul Publications, 2012.
  • Ker, Ian, and Terrence Merrigan, eds. The Cambridge Companion to John Henry Newman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • Lefebre, Philippe, ed. John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church. Oxford: Family Publications, 2007.
  • Nockles, Peter. The Oxford Movement in Context: Anglican High Churchmanship 1760-1857. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  • Strange, Roderick. John Henry Newman: a mind alive. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2008.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Seminar or Tutorial

Weekly Seminar Notes (totalling 1,000 words for the semester)

 1000 20.0
Essay - Seminar Notes

Due each week, one week after the seminar.

1000 20.0
Project Report or Project Journal

Major Research Project 5,000 word essay on a topic selected by the candidate and approved as viable by the Lecturer.

 5000 60.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 13 Sep, 2022

Unit record last updated: 2022-09-13 12:17:50 +1000