This thesis has examined the idea of Antichrist, much converted in the nineteenth century, as a key to the prophetic thought of John Henry Newman, one of England's most gifted writers of Victorian prose. Using Przywara's A Newman Synthesis as a model, all of Newman's writings on Antichrist have been collated chronologically in order to trace the development of the subject in Newman's mind. In another section his principles of prophetic interpretation are outlined along with their application to his major study of patristic interpretation, Tract 83: Advent Sermoas on Antichrist published in 1838. In a concluding section, the Antichrist theme has been placed in the context of Newman's whole prophetic outlook and its significance for today.

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The purpose of this thesis is to analyse moral judgement in Newman's theology by examining his religious epistemology of the judgement of faith which he regularly illustrates with a moral analogy. Chapter one explains the philosophical and theological parameters of his religious epistemology in the 'University Sermons', and 'The Idea of a University'. This shows the primacy of the implicit reason of faith, and the secondary, but indispensable, function of explicit reason, manifest in Newmnan's explanation of liberal knowledge. Chapter two refines this by examining the 'Grammar of Assent, to show the objectivity and normativity of his epistemology in the concrete faith judgement of the illative sense. I show the primacy of personal assent in relation to the indispensable, but secondary, function of inferential investigation. Chapter three adopts the epistemology of the 'Grammar of Assent' to explain moral judgement. I introduce the term 'illative moral judgement' to show that concrete moral judgement can be a speculative truth of implicit reason which elicits a real assent of the imagination. There is a creative tension between concrete moral judgement and the abstract moral judgement entailed by the objective existence of the moral law; this is indicated by the moral sense of conscience within the context of his theology of a religious imagination. Moral judgement, action, and progress are connected by examining the role of the will and the influence of grace. The religious dimension of moral judgement is explained by understanding conscience's sense of duty in terms of intentionality within a horizon of belief. And his religious epistemology reveals the mode of reversing concrete moral judgement. Chapter four shows the relevance of Newman's proposals for moral judgement in contemporary moral theology.

Mong, Ih-ren Ambrose. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-144). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- "What, then, does Dr. Newman mean by Liberalism?" --- p.7 / Chapter 2 --- Biographical Sketch --- p.22 / Chapter 3 --- A Critic of Liberalism --- p.46 / Chapter 4 --- The Liberalism of Newman --- p.80 / Chapter 5 --- Newman's Liberalism in the Context of Contemporary Pluralism --- p.103 / Conclusion --- p.131 / Bibliography --- p.139

This study is designed primarily to show the important influences which shaped John Henry Newman's religious beliefs and his ultimate conversion to the Roman Catholic Church.

Le présent Mémoire veut résumer la position newmanienne selon laquelle l’être humain moyen peut arriver à la certitude en matière de spiritualité sans qu’il puisse pour autant démontrer de manière linéaire ce à quoi il donne son assentiment. C'est dans sa Grammaire de l'assentiment (1870), écrite dans la dernière partie de sa vie, que Newman nous livre ce que l'on pourrait appeler un discours de la méthode en matière de certitude religieuse. Ce texte est comme le point d'aboutissement de toute une vie de recherche dans le domaine de l'épistémologie religieuse. Il occupe donc une place privilégiée dans notre recherche. Newman y décrit, à partir d’une approche phénoménologique, les conditions de la certitude vécue dans les circonstances ordinaires de la vie humaine. L'objectif de notre recherche consiste principalement à résumer de manière articulée la démarche qu'il propose dans cette œuvre.

Thèse : Théologie : Helsinki : 1978. / Bibliogr. pp. 195-204.

This study is a psychobiographical study, aiming to explore and describe the life of John Henry Newman (1801-1890), a theologian, priest, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, through the application of Erik Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial Development. Newman is a significant figure in the English-speaking Christian world and his life and thought remains of interest and importance, particularly in the fields of philosophy, theology, ecclesiology and education. Newman was beatified in 2010 and therefore this study also considers the hagiographical nature of biographical data. This study utilises a qualitative single case study approach and the subject was selected through purposive sampling based on interest value. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources to enhance validity. The data were analysed by organising and reducing information obtained regarding Newman’s life and then displaying it for discussion. The study considers Newman’s life, reconstructed from birth, through adolescence and adulthood to his death and also considers his posthumous legacy. The main themes of discussion revolve around Newman’s development of his religious identity and his life as a churchman and an academic. It considers how a psychosocially functional individual such as Newman manifests certain dystonic, maladaptive or malignant tendencies such as doubt, shame, guilt and overextension, and how these impact the formation of religious identity and the experience of God and the spiritual life. Basic trust, celibate intimacy and generativity emerged as three significant areas of importance in the Newman’s life and identity. The study highlighted the value of psychobiographical studies and of Erikson’s theory in understanding development. Recommendations for future research in this field are made in the hope of further uncovering and understanding personality, religious identity and psychosocial development.

高莘. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2007. / 參考文獻(p. 229-254). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007. / Can kao wen xian (p. 229-254). / Gao Xin.