The Divine Encounter by Diogenes Allen

The Divine Encounter

The Ways We Find Faith: Intellect, Need & Interaction

by Diogenes Allen

In my seminary days it was an enormous relief to learn that the ancient Jewish belief in God did not arise from reflection on the natural world but rather because of Abraham’s encounter with Yahweh.

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