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The Reverend Dr. Diogenes Allen (born 1932) is Professor Emeritus and former Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton He is ordained by the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and currently serves as Priest Associate at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Princeton, New Jersey. In general religious use ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is set apart as Clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities See also Princeton Township New Jersey, Borough of Princeton New Jersey Princeton Borough New Jersey Princeton Township New Jersey this He holds courtesy membership as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) as well. The Presbyterian Church (USA or PC (USA is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States.

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Early life

Allen was the child of immigrant Greeks and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. A Greek American (Ελληνοαμερικανοί Ellinoamerikani) is a citizen of the United States, who is of Greek heritage or origin Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. His family was Greek Orthodox, but as there was no Greek Orthodox church nearby, the family joined fellow Greeks who attended an Episcopal church. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world A new Episcopal bishop, however, forbade them from doing so, meaning that the family attended only Orthodox services whenever a visiting Greek priest conducted them. During this time the young Allen was invited by a friend to visit a Presbyterian church and eventually he became a Presbyterian. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity

Education

Allen graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1954, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and awarded the Sullivan Award for academic excellence and humanitarian work. The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic Honor society with the mission of "fostering and recognizing excellence" in the Undergraduate Liberal arts He then began graduate study at Princeton University, but, after being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, he matriculated and enrolled at Oxford University. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the There he studied philosophy and met his wife Jane, a fellow student and a sprinter. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language

After returning to America, Allen earned a Bachelor of Divinity at Yale Divinity School. In Western universities a Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of Yale Divinity School is a professional school at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, U He was ordained in what is now the Presbyterian Church (USA) and called to a pastorate in Windham, New Hampshire. A pastor is an official person within a Protestant group of people and related to the positions of Priest or Bishop within the Anglican, Roman Catholic Windham is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. Shortly thereafter he enrolled at Yale University Graduate School to study for a Ph.D. in philosophy, which was awarded in 1965. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

University career

Allen began his teaching career in 1964 at York University, Toronto. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. York University (Université York is a public Research university located in Toronto, Ontario. In 1967, Princeton Theological Seminary offered him the position of Associate Professor of Philosophy, which, though he was advised not to accept, he took. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton In 1974, he was appointed to a full Professorship there and in 1981 was named Stuart Professor of Philosophy. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 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. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had Simone Weil (simɔn vɛj February 3, 1909 in Paris, France &ndash August 24, 1943 in Ashford Kent, Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (ˈsœːɐn ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌɡ̊ɒˀ in Danish Anglicized as;)

Awards

Allen's numerous awards include a Rockefeller Fellowship; a Canada Council Fellowship; research fellowships given by the Association of Theological Schools and the Center for Theological Inquiry; a Pew Evangelical Scholarship; and two John Templeton Foundation Awards for Best Courses in Science and Religion. A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education

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.

Publications

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