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When CEO Ideology Trumps Climate Reality

by Christopher Cudworth   “Cause and Effect” – Artwork by Christopher Cudworth. Christopher Cudworth is the author of Honest-To-Goodness, Why Christianity Needs A Reality Check and How to Make It Happen, as well as  a memoir titled The...

Creationism and The Rapture Are Perverse Rhetorics

by Rodney Kennedy  Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...

Cheer Up! Warmer is Better!

by William Trollinger Aftermath of the fires in Lahaina, Hawaii. Image via mauinews.com. In his recent article, “Right-Wing Extremism is Going to Boil Us Alive,” Tom Engelhardt observes that  It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking...

Quantity over Quality: Creationist Copia at the Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History

by Emma Frances Bloomfield  Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...

Ronald Numbers (1942-2023): Rest in Peace

by William Trollinger Ronald Numbers (1942-2023). Image via YouTube. On June 02 Ron Numbers sent Sue and myself a goodbye email, letting us know that “I am now receiving hospice care, waiting for ‘The End.’”  Then, last Monday (July 24), he passed. One of those...