May 31, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Culture War, Donald Trump, Fundamentalism, Politics, Righting America |
by William Trollinger If we had given Righting America an epitaph it probably would have been this stanza from Mary Gauthier’s “Mercy Now”: “My church and my country could use a little mercy now. As they sink into a poisoned pit it’s going to take forever to...
May 27, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Fundamentalism, History, Ken Ham, Science |
by William Trollinger On March 8, 2016, Ken Ham published a to the AiG blog entitled “How Did Noah Build the Ark?” The exasperated Ham started his entry by noting that “Sometimes I just shake my head when I read some of the comments people make concerning...
May 24, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Note: This post is a continuation of last week’s discussion about judgment and evangelical colleges and universities. A specter is haunting evangelical higher education. Evangelical and fundamentalist schools are tuition-driven...
May 20, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Ken Ham, Randall Balmer, Righting America, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In his forthcoming book, Evangelicalism in America, Randall Balmer tells the story of addressing a group of Christian college presidents. When the discussion turned to the question of what they feared most in their jobs, Balmer reasonably...
May 17, 2016 | Righting America |
This week’s Los Angeles Times features a review of Righting America at the Creation Museum. Colin Dickey, essayist and author of Afterlives of the Saints (Unbridled Books, 2012), says “…the most compelling elements of the book focus on the history,...
