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Interview Date
7-11-2002
Abstract
What are the roles of faith and reason in the modern worldview?
Dr. Charles Curran discusses the importance of both faith and reason in understanding the world today. He speaks of the danger of failing to balance one with the other, e.g., religious fundamentalism or atheistic materialism. Although Curran acknowledges the constant struggle to include both faith and reason in developing a practical world view, he believes that each are absolutely necessary.
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Curran, Charles E. and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Charles Curran Engages with the Question:What are the Roles of Faith and Reason in the Modern Worldview?" July 2002. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/152
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Playing Time: 4:06 minutes
About the Interviewee:
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Curran is the Elizabeth Scurlock University Chair of Human Values at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Curran is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has authored over three hundred publications on Catholic moral theology, social ethics, and the role of the Church as a moral and political actor in society. His book Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History (Georgetown University Press, 2008) won the American Publisher's Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Theology and Religion and the First Place Prize in History in the Catholic Press Association Book Awards.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.