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Interview Date
8-19-2000
Abstract
How do you define religion?
Dr. Schubert Ogden discusses his definition of religion, which he identifies as the primary form of culture through which we, as human beings, ask the most vital human questions. He stresses that religion is a cultural form through which humans can answer life-meaning questions, more so than solving the problem of “ultimate concern”.
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Ogden, Schubert and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Schubert Ogden Engages with the Question: How do You Define Religion?" August 2000. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/97
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About the Interviewee:
Dr. Ogden is Professor Emeritus at Southern Methodist University. He received his doctorate from The University of Chicago Divinity School and is the recipient of several honorary degrees. He is an ordained Methodist minister and a member of the West Ohio Conference, the United Methodist Church. From 1976 to 1977, Dr. Ogden was President of the American Academy of Religion and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Ogden is the author of many books and a large number of articles on a variety of theological topics. Two of his books, Faith and Freedom: Toward a Theology of Liberation, and The Reality of God and Other Essays are considered to be significant contributions to the field of Christian theology.
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.