New “Paths and Dwelling Places”: The Next Generation of Newman Scholarship

With the announcement that St. John Henry Newman would be declared a Doctor of the Universal Church, it has become clearer to the faithful that Newman's legacy and teaching are of enduring value to the church. Newman Studies itself is a vibrant and dynamic field, engaging the life of the saint, his eminent teaching, the context and reception of that teaching, and how his teachings pertain to cognate disciplines.

This fall symposium referenced the language of new “paths and dwelling places” (US XII, p. 244) while highlighting the next generation of Newman scholarship. NINS announced a new collaboration with the Department of Theology and Religion — particularly the Centre for Catholic Studies — at Durham University (UK). In 2024, NINS provided funding to establish the National Institute for Newman Studies Doctoral Fellowship at Durham University, which can fund up to two doctoral fellows in Newman Studies at any given time. The symposium featured the work of the first two fellows, in both systematic and historical theology.