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Truth and Responsibility: A Personalist Reading of Newman
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 392
- Philosophy and Religion, Volume: 392
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This book goes beyond a simple study of Newman’s thought and work and seeks to apply his deductions to modern value conflicts. Although it will be of particular relevance to academic readers with some prior knowledge of Newman’s works, it may also be of wider interest to students of history, philosophy, theology and spirituality. More generally, its unusual focus on Newman’s epistemology and philosophical deductions, and how these relate to present-day dilemmas, should also attract interest from his many non-academic followers and devotees.
“The main value of this work lies in its original approach to Newman from a Polish Personalist perspective, and this (rather than as another amorphous study of Newman) could give it novelty value and attract real interest from Newman scholars and experts.”
-Jonathan Luxmoore, Oxford-based writer and Church historian
"How do we evaluate a human life, our own life? Beginning with John Henry Newman’s defence of his life, Jan Kłos in this volume sensitively explores from a personalist perspective how all our lives involve struggle with commitment, responsibility, and truth. In its emphasis on the narrative structure of human lives, the book makes a valuable contribution not just to the philosophy of personalism but to social theory overall."
-Douglas Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University
“The main value of this work lies in its original approach to Newman from a Polish Personalist perspective, and this (rather than as another amorphous study of Newman) could give it novelty value and attract real interest from Newman scholars and experts.”
-Jonathan Luxmoore, Oxford-based writer and Church historian
"How do we evaluate a human life, our own life? Beginning with John Henry Newman’s defence of his life, Jan Kłos in this volume sensitively explores from a personalist perspective how all our lives involve struggle with commitment, responsibility, and truth. In its emphasis on the narrative structure of human lives, the book makes a valuable contribution not just to the philosophy of personalism but to social theory overall."
-Douglas Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University
Jan Kłos (Ph.D., 2007) is Professor of Philosophy at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His publications include Faith, Freedom & Modernity. Christianity and Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century (Grand Rapids, 2010), Freedom as an Uncertain Cause in Graham Greene’s Novels. A Philosophical and Literary Analysis (Lublin, 2012), and Heart Speaks unto Heart – On the Kinship of Spirit and Thought: John Henry Newman and Edith Stein (Leiden, 2021).
Abbreviations of John Henry Newman’s Texts
Introduction
Part 1
The Main Components of Newman’s Personalist System of Cognition
Introduction to Part 1
1 Probability as the Guide of Life
2 Real and Unreal Words
3 Egotism Is True Modesty
4 Certitude or I Know that I Know
5 The Guidance of Conscience
Part 2
Historical Studies
Introduction to Part 2
6 The Church of England and the Church of Rome
7 The Church Fathers
8 Tract xc and the Articles
9 The Logic of Dogmas
10 The Individual Journey Has Reached Its Destination—1845 and Thereafter
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Part 1
The Main Components of Newman’s Personalist System of Cognition
Introduction to Part 1
1 Probability as the Guide of Life
2 Real and Unreal Words
3 Egotism Is True Modesty
4 Certitude or I Know that I Know
5 The Guidance of Conscience
Part 2
Historical Studies
Introduction to Part 2
6 The Church of England and the Church of Rome
7 The Church Fathers
8 Tract
9 The Logic of Dogmas
10 The Individual Journey Has Reached Its Destination—1845 and Thereafter
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
This book may interest philosophers, theologians, historians, people interested in literature and culture, as well as students of spirituality.