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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Wyndham Hall Press, Bristol, Indiana. Published 1990. Hardcover, ix, 377 pp.; 22 cm; illustrated with a black-and-white charcoal portrait frontispiece of Cardinal Newman by Anthony Oliver Norris. In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Black cloth-covered boards with gold lettering and decorative ruled border on the front cover and gold lettering on the spine. Mild shelf wear to corners and spine ends; binding tight. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1990; otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) was an English theologian, poet, and Oxford academic who led the Oxford Movement within the Church of England before his 1845 conversion to Roman Catholicism, after which he became a cardinal and one of the most influential Catholic thinkers of the nineteenth century; his writings on conscience, education, and religious belief remain foundational texts in modern Catholic intellectual life. Edited by The Reverend John H. Morgan with an appreciation essay by Sister Madeleine Kisner, this volume gathers original poetry from over three hundred and fifty Catholic institutions, high schools, colleges, universities, convents and religious houses, contributed in honor of the centenary of Newman's death. Kisner's introductory essay, "Catholic Education in America and Its Impact on Higher Education Through Newman's The Idea of a University," provides scholarly context on Newman's influence on Catholic higher education in America. The poetic contributions range from teenage students in Catholic middle schools to distinguished university faculty, offering a wide-ranging communal tribute.…