Robert C. Christie

ROBERT C. CHRISTIE is past President of the Saint John Henry Newman Association, serving on its board of directors for more than twenty years. He was also editor of the Association's newsletter during that period. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and a stage play about Newman, titled Echoes from Home. His work focuses particularly on Newman's conversion experiences and interpersonal relationships, and how they informed his theological and spiritual insights. Formerly Senior...See more

ROBERT C. CHRISTIE is past President of the Saint John Henry Newman Association, serving on its board of directors for more than twenty years. He was also editor of the Association's newsletter during that period. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and a stage play about Newman, titled Echoes from Home. His work focuses particularly on Newman's conversion experiences and interpersonal relationships, and how they informed his theological and spiritual insights. Formerly Senior Professor of Philosophy and Religion at DeVry University in North Brunswick, New Jersey, he has also taught theology at numerous Roman Catholic colleges and universities, including Seton Hall and Saint Peter's. He is the former Executive Director of the National Institute of Newman Studies and a founding member of that Institute's Board of Trustees, and the former editor-in-chief of the Institute's publication, the Newman Studies Journal. His doctoral dissertation was a study of Newman's conversions, under the direction of Newman scholar Avery Cardinal Dulles. He also has twenty-five years' experience in professional theatre, which he has employed as a major tool in communicating the legacy of Saint John Henry Newman. Recently, he has edited and published two collections of essays, Saint John Henry Newman: Preserving and Promulgating His Legacy (2019), and The Relevance of Newman in a Post-Christian World (2021), with Keith Beaumont. See less