Jay Newman

Jay Newman (1948 in Brooklyn, New York – June 17, 2007) was a philosopher and Professor at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. He received his B.A. from Brooklyn College before acquiring his master's degree from Brown University and his Ph.D. from York University.

He began teaching at the University of Guelph in 1971. His fields of study included philosophy of religion, philosophy of culture, and the ethics of mass communication. In 1995 he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Newman was a lifelong fan of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan and wrote several articles about their works. [Citing, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Vnu22TEu7OIC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=%22Jay+Newman%22+%22Gilbert+and+Sullivan%22&source=web&ots=sfaEN7Xvfk&sig=dnEHq1m6AwduW5ZP5AYlwn35kK8&hl=en "The Gilbertianism of "Patience", "Dalhousie Review", vol.65 no.2 (Summer 1985), pp. 264-69] ]

He died on June 17, 2007, of cancer. [ [http://www.guelphmercury.com/obituaries/obituaries2020_5022970.html "Guelph Mercury", Obituaries. June 18, 2007.] ]

elected publications

* "Pious Pro-family Rhetoric: Postures And Paradoxes in Philosophical Perspective" (2006) ISBN 0-8204-8667-1
* "Biblical Religion and Family Values" (2001) ISBN 0-275-97137-6
* "Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics" (1997) ISBN 0-7735-1676-X
* "Religion and Technology" (1997) ISBN 0-275-95865-5
* "Religion vs. Television" (1996) ISBN 0-275-95640-7
* "On Religious Freedom" (1991) ISBN 0-7766-0308-6
* "Competition in Religious Life" (1989) ISBN 0-88920-989-8
* "The Journalist in Plato's Cave" (1989) ISBN 0-8386-3349-8
* "Fanatics and Hypocrites" (1986) ISBN 0-87975-348-X
* "The Mental Philosophy of John Henry Newman" (1986) ISBN 0-88920-186-2
* "Foundations of Religious Tolerance" (1982) ISBN 0-8020-5591-5

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