May 28, 2024 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Australian Christian Lobby, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Creation Science, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Feminism, Henry Morris, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Pride, Martin Iles, Marxism, Motherhood, Overpopulation, Religion and Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...
May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
May 14, 2024 | Anti-Gay Protests, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Cal Thomas, Conservative Evangelicals, Conservative Ideology, David Frank, Ellen Davis, Folk Theory, Gay Marriage, George Lakoff, Global Methodist Church, Hillel, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Rights, Ordination, Oven of Akhani, Religious Conservatism, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptists, Stanley Hauerwas, Talmud, The Book of Discipline |
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 he...
May 8, 2024 | Answers in Genesis, Bay Area Skeptics, Creationism, Culture War, Duane Gish, Gish Gallop, QAnon |
Please join us Thursday evening for our virtual presentation for the Bay Area Skeptics! Our host is the remarkable Eugenie Scott, who was the long-time director of the National Center for Science Education, and who is the inventor of the term “Gish Gallop” (Gish being...
