Dr. Paul Allen, Honours Programme Advisor and Associate Professor

Office: D-302 | Tel: 514.848.2424 ext.2492 | Email: Paul Allen

Education

Ph.D., University of Ottawa (Saint Paul), Ottawa, 2001 (Theology); M.Div., University of Saint Michael's College (U. Toronto), 1991 (Theology); B.A., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1988 (Political Science)

Dissertation topic: A PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK WITHIN THE SCIENCE-THEOLOGY DIALOGUE: A Critical Reflection on the Work of Ernan McMullin (defended, 2001)

Forthcoming Publications

Theological Method. Guides for the Perplexed series. (T & T Clark, 2010).

"The Emergence of Human Dignity in Human Nature: The Soul at Work" (2009).

"Rational Parallels with Science: Explanatory Judgment in Theological Method" venue TBA

Forthcoming Presentations

Pride, Envy and Human Nature: Beyond Darwinian Conservatism

Selected Publications

Catholicism and Science (Greenwood Guides in Science and Religion (Greenwood Pub. Co., 2008).

Ernan McMullin and Critical Realism in the Science-Theology Dialogue (Ashgate Pub. Co., 2006).

"Foundational Theology" in Nina P. Azari, ed. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions (Springer SBM, projected 2010). (Invited; Jan., 2009 submission)

"Le role de l'explication dans le réalisme critique : une épistemologie pour la science et la théologie." In Raisons d'Être: Le sens à l'épreuve de la science et de la religion Solange Lefebvre, ed.(Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2008).

"Beyond Naturalism: Scientific Creativity and Theological Knowledge." In Religion and the Challenges of Science, edited by William Sweet and Richard Feist. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2007: 185-198.

"Upholding the Humanum: Science and Theology's Foundational Character" Heythrop Journal of Theology 47, n.3 (July, 2006), pp. 367-86.

"Scientific Rationality, Value and the Unity of Worldviews" in Job Kozhamthadham, ed. Science, Technology and Values: Science-Religion Dialogue in a Multi-Religious World (Pune, India: ASSR Publications, 2003), pp. 49-64.

"Apologetics" in Encyclopedia of Science and Religion in J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, ed. (MacMillan Pub. Co., 2003).

"Science and Spirituality: The Meaning of Cosmology for Theology" in Proceedings, Brock University Symposia on Cosmology and Ethics (Global Academic Press -Binghamton University, 2003).

"The Cosmos and Theological Reflection: The Priority of Self-Transcendence" Théologiques 9 No. 1 (2001), pp. 71-93.

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