Tag Archives: Diogenes Allen

The Difference of God and the (Spiritual) Difference it Makes

Posted on 20 October 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

O God, you are different. I have long believed in God’s radical difference. I remember experiencing it in the summer of 1975 when I was introduced to Solemn High Mass at St Paul’s Parish, K Street, in Washington, D.C. It … Continue reading →

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Knowing the Mind of God with Stephen Hawking

Posted on 5 October 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

If I want to understand why my closet door becomes difficult to open and close when it gets cold or how it is that a plant can convert light energy into chemical energy, I call a scientist. I do not … Continue reading →

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God in Science: No Need for that Hypothesis

Posted on 30 August 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

It’s funny how one can remember something read decades earlier but cannot remember the contents of a book read only last week. Back in seminary I read a little book by Arthur A. Vogel titled The Power of His Resurrection. … Continue reading →

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Creatio ex Nihilo: The World Plus God is Not More Than God Alone

Posted on 10 February 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Diogenes Allen begins his book Philosophy for Understanding Theology (1st ed.) with a chapter on the Christian doctrine of creation. One might initially think this an odd decision. When I ponder the theological use of philosophical conceptuality, I immediately think of … Continue reading →

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The Doctrine of Creation as Foundational Doctrine

Posted on 9 June 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Diogenes Allen begins his book Philosophy for Understanding Theology with a chapter on the Christian doctrine of creation. One might initially think this an odd decision. When I ponder the theological use of philosophical conceptuality, I immediately think of the … Continue reading →

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Diogenes Allen: Philosophy for Understanding Theology

Posted on 5 June 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

My reading over the past few months has pushed me back toward a book that I read 25+ years ago: Philosophy for Understanding Theology by Diogenes Allen. I remember finding it very helpful at the time, but I think I … Continue reading →

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Double Agency: Conceiving Divine and Creaturely Causality

Posted on 28 January 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We begin, I suggest, by getting clear in our minds the kind of relationship that exists between Creator and creatures: God’s creative activity is not external to the universe, as is our relation to such things as stoves and books. … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking and Knowing the Mind of God

Posted on 27 January 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

If I want to understand why my closet door becomes difficult to open and close when it gets cold or how it is that a plant can convert light energy into chemical energy, I call a scientist. I do not … Continue reading →

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