Nov 30, 2020 | Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Bill O'Reilly, Christmas, Culture War, Earl Crown, Fox News, Hays Code, It's a Wonderful Life, James Dobson, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Godfather, War on Christmas |
by Earl Crown Earl Crown is a doctoral student and graduate assistant in American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, where he also teaches United States history. He holds degrees from Messiah University (B.A. in History, 1995) and McDaniel College (M.L.A., 2012). His...
Nov 25, 2020 | 1619 Project, American Exceptionalism, American History, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Fox News, History, Mayflower, Native Americans, Pilgrims, Politics, Slavery, Squanto, Thanksgiving, Tom Cotton, William Bradford |
by William Trollinger Senator Tom Cotton. Image courtesy of Newsweek. The masters of Twitter and the Blogosphere are once again dismantling Tom Cotton, Senator from Arkansas and Donald Trump wannabe. Cotton might have two Harvard degrees, but he is certainly proving...
Nov 20, 2020 | Abraham Lincoln, Conservative Evangelicals, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Lincoln Memorial, Politics, Rachael Griggs, Slavery, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by Rachael Griggs Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, engraved at the Lincoln Memorial. Photo: the U.S. National Parks Service Rachael Griggs is a science advocate and a Jesus advocate. Her awe of nature and appreciation for the sciences began with her first...
Nov 12, 2020 | A Secular World, Charles Taylor, Christian Nationalism, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fear, Imagined Communities, John Fea, Paula White, Religious Imagination, Rodney Kennedy, Secularism, Secularization, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Nov 2, 2020 | Amy Coney Barrett, Answers in Genesis, Barack Obama, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Elections, Fundamentalism, Qasim Rashid, Trump Supporters |
by Susan Trollinger Just about a week ago, Qasim Rashid (a Democrat running for Congress in Virginia’s first district) was speaking at an outdoor campaign event to about 30 supporters in the beautiful setting of Aquia Harbor in Stafford, Virginia. As you would expect,...
