The Liberal Arts and the Christian Mission: John Henry Newman’s Idea of a University and its Legacy

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Cardinal John Henry Newman’s Idea of a University remains a truly pro- found and inspirational text that resonates down from its first publication in the Nineteenth Century to the present day. It should be acknowledged as one of the greatest treatments of this crucial subject: the nature and purpose of Higher Education. Our modest aim is to articulate a brief argument that draws out Newman’s extraordinarily valuable legacy for us as modern uni- versity educators in the Christian tradition here in East Asia. The article fo- cuses on an exploration of the vital emphasis of Newman on a truly holistic community of learning, which he had first encountered in his College at Oxford University. This vision of the University as built upon its Professors’ vocation of pastoral responsibility towards our students can be seen as in- forming the founding mission of Underwood International College as a Liberal Arts institution and the new Residential College system that have been established at Yonsei University. The detailed historical discussion of Newman’s arguments thus aims to highlight their continued contemporary relevance. The article considers how we can apply to today’s Christian University and the increasingly multicultural and global Korean society in which it is embedded Newman’s great and insightful vision of our mission as educators to seek and proclaim Truth.

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