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Frederick D. Aquino and Joe Milburn (eds.), John Henry Newman and Contemporary Philosophy, Routledge, 2025, 276pp., $200.00 (hbk) ISBN 9781032686547.

Reviewed by Christopher Hauser, The University of Scranton

This volume aims to explore, develop, and evaluate a broad range of distinctive philosophical ideas found in John Henry Newman’s various writings. While Newman’s work has long been discussed in theological and religious circles, it has only recently begun to garner the attention of analytic philosophers interested in bringing Newman’s ideas into dialogue with current discussions in areas such as epistemology, philosophy of religion, ethics, and philosophy of education. Consequently, few contemporary philosophers, even those aware of Newman’s general influence on religious thought, have considered to what extent his work might contain interesting philosophical ideas worth defending or developing in...