Daily Archives: May 7, 2020

On Instantiation

Posted on May 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of my online acquaintances created a music chart that helped to coin the neologism I would like to talk about today.  What is instantiation?  The term refers to the time when a given song reaches a widespread radio audience, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: John Henry Newman

Posted on May 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

John Henry Newman:  An Expository And Critical Study Of His Mind, Thought, And Art, by Charles Frederick Harrold This particular book is one that seeks to argue that Newman was a critical scholar whose historicizing of the faith made him … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Essays And Sketches 2

Posted on May 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

Essays and Sketches 2, by John Henry Newman If Apologia Pro Vita Sua is a work whose greatness I can easily understand and whose approach I can wholeheartedly agree with, that is less the case here than it was earlier.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Apologia Pro Vita Sua

Posted on May 7, 2020 by nathanalbright

Apologia Pro Vita Sua, by John Henry Newman This book is an example of a situation where I do not agree with the position of the author, given that he is detailing a departure from Anglican thinking to Catholicism that … Continue reading →

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