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Tourists on the Road to Salvation

Cover for Steve Burgess’ forthcoming book Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel. Below is an excerpt from Steve Burgess’ forthcoming book, Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel, which will be published by Douglas and McIntyre, and...

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism: A Review

By Andrew J. McNeely Andrew McNeely is a Ph.D. student in Theology at the University of Dayton. McNeely’s research interests include 19th and 20th century fundamentalism and evangelicalism at the intersections of theology, education, history, politics, and American...

Moses or Noah?

by Susan Trollinger A mannequin figure of Noah on display at Ark Encounter. Image via YouTube. Reading Exodus 32:9-10 always gives me pause.  According to this text, God would nurture a wrath so great that He would say the following: “I see how stiff-necked this...

Tom Cotton, or The Ghost of Joe McCarthy Returns to the U. S. Senate

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...

“Fly Old Bird: Escape to the Ark”: Two Reviews

by Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch and Laura Tringali Poster for the movie, Fly Old Bird: Escape to the Ark. Image via thefilmcatalogue.com. Below are two reviews of Fly Old Bird: Escape to the Ark, a film which, as one of our reviewers points out, is “essentially a...