Newman, Jay
NEWMAN, Jay
NEWMAN, Jay. Canadian/American, b. 1948. Genres: Communications/ Media, Ethics, Philosophy, Theology/Religion. Career: University of Guelph, Ontario, lecturer, 1971-72, assistant professor, 1972-77, associate professor, 1977-82, professor of philosophy, 1982-. University of Birmingham, honorary research fellow, 1981; University of Calgary, visiting research fellow at Calgary Institute for the Humanities, 1988-89; Polytechnic University of New York, visiting professor, 1995; University of Victoria, visiting research fellow at Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, 1996; Ryerson University, visiting professor, 2002. Canadian Theological Society, president, 1990-91. Royal Society of Canada, fellow, 1995-. Publications: Foundations of Religious Tolerance, 1982; The Mental Philosophy of John Henry Newman, 1986; Fanatics and Hypocrites, 1986; The Journalist in Plato's Cave, 1989; Competition in Religious Life, 1989; On Religious Freedom, 1991; Religion vs. Television: Competitors in Cultural Context, 1996; Religion and Technology: A Study in the Philosophy of Culture, 1997; Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics, 1997; Biblical Religion and Family Values: A Problem in the Philosophy of Culture, 2001. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.