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Allen, Diogenes was born on October 17, 1932 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
(Writing for a wide popular audience, philosopher Diogenes...)
Writing for a wide popular audience, philosopher Diogenes Allen examines the problem of human suffering and helps us to discover "traces of God" in the world, even as we suffer from physical pain and loss, natural disaster, and human evil. Written for beginners in the spiritual life, Traces of God describes how we can prepare ourselves for the inevitable sufferings of life. Allen explores the human pilgrimage through adversity and takes a close look at Simone Weil's studies of affliction.
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Philosophy for Understanding Theology has become the classic text for exploring the relationship between philosophy and Christian theology. This new edition adds chapters on postmodernism and questions of the self and the good to bring the book up to date with current scholarship. It introduces students to the influence that key philosophers and philosophical movements through the centuries have had on shaping Christian theology in both its understandings and forms of expression.
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In his latest book, Diogenes Allen recounts his search for the Providence of God. His journey includes reflections on the evolving role of faith in the world; an exploration of the anguished and eloquent poetry of George Herbert; a reading of the messages of love, duty, and forgiveness in the stories of Joseph and his brothers and the Prodigal Son; and, finally, a single, but moving, tracing of his own regrets and joys as a person of faith. Whether recounting a simple excursion or unraveling a complex poem, Diogenes Allen shows us the pain of loss, the wellsprings of joy, and the power of a deep and lovingly cultivated faith.
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Often spirituality today is isolated from church teaching and doctrine, as in Joseph Campbell’s treatment of myth and the many forms of New Age theologies, but doctrine apart from the life of prayer is abstract and sterile. In Spiritual Theology Allen turns to the great teachers of the past―the church fathers, Augustine, Maximus the Confessor, Bonaventure, Hugh of St. Victor, Calvin and Luther, George Herbert―to recover a spirituality that is rich with the doctrines and disciplines of theology. Allen covers the great questions of the spiritual life: what is the Christian goal? what leads us toward that goal, and what hinders us? what is conversion? how can we discern our progress in the spiritual life? what are the fruits of the Spirit? A second purpose of the book is to introduce readers to the disciplines and texts of the threefold way, found in the eastern church from the fourth century on. Allen writes simply and clearly of the active life and the development of virtue, and the contemplative life, which includes coming to know God through the Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture as well as directly, face to face, which is the domain of mystical theology. This book is a basic and accessible introduction to the classic writings and doctrines of the spiritual life.
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Allen, Diogenes was born on October 17, 1932 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
Bachelor of Arts with high distinction, U. Kentucky, 1954; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1954-1955; Bachelor of Arts with honors, University of Oxford, 1957; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1961; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1965.
Minister, Windham Presbyterian Church, N.H., 1958-1961; assistant professor, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1964-1966; associate professor philosophy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1966-1967; associate professor, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, 1967-1974; professor, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, since 1974; Stuart professor philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, since 1981.
(Writing for a wide popular audience, philosopher Diogenes...)
(Writing for a wide popular audience, philosopher Diogenes...)
(Often spirituality today is isolated from church teaching...)
( Philosophy for Understanding Theology has become the cl...)
(In his latest book, Diogenes Allen recounts his search fo...)
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Member Society Christian Philosophers (board directors), American Weil Society (board directors), Leibniz Gellschaft, New Jersey Committee for the Humanities, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jane Mary Billing, September 8, 1958. Children: Mary, George, John, Timothy.