For those of you in the New York area, the Thomistic Institute will be hosting a symposium on John Henry Newman next week.
Newman and the University:
A Symposium on Religion and University Education
Catholic Center at NYU (Washington Square S. & Thompson St.)
Monday, February 4, 2013
1:00 pm: “Universities, the University and the Universality of Knowledge”
Lecturer: Shalom Carmy, Yeshiva University
Respondent: Eric Gregory, Princeton University
2:15 pm: “University Education, the Unity of Knowledge—and (Natural) Theology: Ruminations on Newman”
Lecturer: Reinhard Huetter, Duke Divinity School
Respondent: John Bowlin, Princeton Theological Seminary
3:30 pm: Panel Discussion:
President John Sexton, president, New York University
R.R. Reno, editor-in-chief, First Things
President John Garvey, president, The Catholic University of America
Please see the conference flyer for more details. This symposium is free and open to the public.
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