Long (45-70 mins)
EthicsPhilosophy
Unknown
Faculty Conversation: Challenging Unjust Laws in Church and Society
Theologian
Jennifer Herdt
Duration
56.35
Uploaded to YouTube
6 November 2013
Added to Database
18 October 2025
YouTube description
Ethicist and professor emeritus Tom Ogletree is currently facing charges from the United Methodist Church because he officiated at his son's same-sex wedding. This conversation with him and theologian Linn Tonstad examines Ogletree's story as well as theological and ethical resources for thinking well about same-sex relationships in the Christian church.
Presenters: Thomas Ogletree, Frederick Marquand Professor Emeritus of Ethics & Religious Studies; and Linn Tonstad, Assistant Professor of Theology
Introduction: Jennifer Herdt, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics
