Jay Newman

Background

Jay Newman was born on February 28, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was a son of Louis and Kate (Rothbaum) Newman.

Education

In 1968 Jay Newman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Brooklyn College. In 1969 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Brown University. In 1971 Newman gained a Doctor of Philosophy from the York University in Toronto.

Career

From 1971 to 1972 Jay Newman was a lecturer at the University of Guelph, and an assistant professor from 1972 to 1977, an associate professor from 1977 to 1982, and was appointed a professor of philosophy in 1982. In 1982 he became a professor at the McMaster University. He became a Canadian citizen in 1986. From 1988 to 1989 he was a visiting research fellow at Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary. From 1990 to 1991 Newman was a president of Canadian Theological Society. In 1995 Newman a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of New York. In 1996 Jay was a visiting research fellow at Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. In 2002 he was a visiting professor at the Ryerson University.

Achievements

• Jay Newman is best known for his service at the University of Guelph. In 2001, he received the University of Guelph President’s Distinguished Professor Award. Four scholarships in his name are awarded to Guelph students for academic excellence in philosophy and the humanities. In 2009, the University of Guelph presented the inaugural Jay Newman Award for Academic Integrity in his memory.

Works

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  • Fanatics and Hypocrites

    (In an age of terrorism, religious skirmishing, global rev...)

    1986
  • Religion vs. Television: Competitors in Cultural Context

    (The subject of competition between religion and televisio...)

    1996
  • Religion and Technology: A Study in the Philosophy of Culture

    (Religion and technology have always been at the heart of ...)

    1997
  • The Mental Philosophy of John Henry Newman

    (John Henry Newman's writings in theology, apologetics, hi...)

    1986
  • Biblical Religion and Family Values: A Problem in the Philosophy of Culture

    (In this broad philosophical examination of the relationsh...)

    2001
  • Pious Pro-family Rhetoric: Postures and Paradoxes in Philosophical Perspective

    (This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study examines the c...)

    2006
  • On Religious Freedom

    (In this volume, Jay Newman takes as his starting-point th...)

    1991
  • Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics

    (Jay Newman first puts the contemporary problem of inauthe...)

    1997
  • Foundations of Religious Tolerance 1982
  • Competition in Religious Life 1989

Personality

Jay Newman was a lifelong fan of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and wrote articles about W.S. Gilbert and the Savoy Operas. A lecture about Gilbert and Sullivan-related topics is given annually in his name by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of New York.

Interests

• Writers

  W. S. Gilbert

Connections

Father:

Louis Newman

Mother:

Kate Newman

References

• Contemporary Authors
  1998