Dr. Andrew Davison is a lecturer in the Divinity Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a fellow at Corpus Christi College, where he is also the Dean of Chapel. He is a regular contributor to Church Times and the Times Literary Supplement. Since 2014, he has been the Canon Philosopher of St Albans Cathedral.
We had one wonderful conversation and touch on a bunch of different topics including.
– how one relates to the tradition
– how a person doubts and questions versus a tradition doubting and questioning
– the task of preaching within an academic community
– exploring the concept of “participation”
– contesting Harnack’s Hellenization thesis
– how to be a metaphysical realist
– the nature of the “gift” & being constituted as receivers
– Aristotle’s four causes and contemporary science
– the extended evolutionary synthesis
– role of philosophy for theologians
– materialism without disenchantment
– virtue ethics and participation
– participation and atonement
– intra-finite participation
– how to be a “particularity mystic”
– quantitative and qualitative finitude
Davison recommends these two books – The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas and An Augustine Synthesis.
Books from Dr. Davison
- Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics
- The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy for Theologians
- Why Sacraments?
- Imaginative Apologetics: Theology, Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition
- Blessing (Faith Going Deeper)
- Amazing Love: Theology for Understanding Discipleship, Sexuality and Mission
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