Von Ogden Vogt

Von Ogden Vogt (February 25, 1879 – August 2, 1964) was a Unitarian minister. His theory of worship influenced the shape of mainline Protestant worship in the early 20th century, and he was an authority on the theory of worship [1] and an influential voice in the gothic revival in church architecture in the mid-20th century,[2] a professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and Beloit College.[3] From 1925 to 1944 he was minister of The First Unitarian Church of Chicago. He served on the 1937 hymnal commission that produced a common hymnal for Unitarians and Universalists prior to their merger into the Unitarian Universalist Association.

His UUA file is held at Andover-Harvard Theological Library.

His undergraduate college education was at Beloit College. He earned a Master of Arts degree in 1909 from Yale University. He graduated with the B D, magna cum laude, in 1911 from Yale Divinity School.

References

  1. ^ "The Contribution of Von Ogden Vogt - UUA". uua.org. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  2. ^ "Von Ogden Vogt". uudb.org. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  3. ^ "Alumni: Von Ogden Vogt". beloit.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-29.


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