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Philosophy for Understanding Theology (2007), second edition, with 2 new chapters on Postmodern Christian theology by Eric O.Steps Along the Way: A Spiritual Autobiography (2002).Spiritual Theology: The Theology of Yesterday for Help Today (1997).Nature, Spirit and Community: Issues in the Thought of Simone Weil (1994).Primary Readings in Philosophy for Understanding Theology (1992), with co-editor Eric O.Quest: The Search for Meaning through Christ (1990).

#DIOGENES ALLEN FULL#

Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: The Full Wealth of Conviction (1989).Spirituality and Theology: Essays in Honor of Diogenes Allen, edited Eric Springsted (1988).Love: Christian Romance, Marriage and Friendship (1987).Philosophy for Understanding Theology (1985).Mechanical Explanation and the Ultimate Origin of the Universe according to Leibniz (1983).

Three Outsiders: Pascal, Kierkegaard and Simone Weil (1983).

Traces of God in a Frequently Hostile World (1981) Diogenes Allen is Stuart Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

Between Two Worlds (1977, republished as Temptation in 1986).

Finding Our Father (1974, republished as The Path of Perfect Love in 1992).

He is also the recipient of an Outstanding American Educator Award in 1974 a past member of the executive board of the Society of Christian Philosophers a co-founder and member of the executive board of the American Weil Society and a member of the board of directors of the Ecumenical Institute of Canada. Awards ĭiogenes Allen's numerous awards include a Rockefeller Fellowship a Canada Council Fellowship research fellowships given by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and the Center for Theological Inquiry a Pew Evangelical Scholarship and two John Templeton Foundation Awards for Best Courses in Science and Religion. By the time of his retirement in 2002, he had served the faculty for thirty-five years and had become an authority on Gottfried Leibniz and an influential interpreter of Simone Weil and Søren Kierkegaard. In 1974, he was appointed to a full professorship there and in 1981 was named Stuart Professor of Philosophy. In 1967, Princeton Theological Seminary offered him the position of associate professor of philosophy, which, he accepted. achieve active allegorical anagogical ancient anger ascetical theology attention aware Basil become believe Bible Bonaventure century Christian doctrines Christian spirituality Christian teachings church Cloud of Unknowing conversion creation creatures darkness desert. University career Īllen began his teaching career in 1964 at York University, Toronto. Shortly thereafter he enrolled at Yale University Graduate School to study for a PhD in philosophy, which was awarded in 1965.

He was called to a pastorate in Windham, New Hampshire, in 1958, and ordained in what is now the Presbyterian Church (USA) the following year. There he studied philosophy and met his wife Jane, a fellow student.Īfter returning to America, Allen earned a Bachelor of Divinity at Yale Divinity School in 1959. He then began graduate study at Princeton University, but, after being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, he matriculated to St John's College, Oxford. Early life and education Īllen was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1954. He died in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, which he served from 1958. Urn:oclc:85862359 Republisher_date 20130702172422 Republisher_operator Scandate 20130628184737 Scanner Allen (October 17, 1932 – January 13, 2013) was an American philosopher and theologian who served as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary. OL2618864W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.70 Pages 304 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0664252087 Internetarchivebookdrive External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:34:57 Boxid IA169513 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Atlanta, Ga.