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The Wounded Body of Christ: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic and Evangelical Church

by William Trollinger Dayton Daily News photograph of former Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk speaking at the Univeristy of Dayton. I have been at the University of Dayton (UD) for 30 years. And one of my proudest moments in those 30 years came in...

Ken Ham’s Attacks on James Talarico, or Right-Wing Politics as the Gospel

by William Trollinger James Talarico and Ken Paxton, image via msn. As Rod Kennedy has made abundantly clear, James Talarico – the Texas Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate – drives fundamentalists like Ken Ham absolutely nuts.  And it is easy to understand why....

America is Afflicted with an Evangelical Troll Infestation

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...

Desiring Certainty: The Making of Biblical Inerrancy

An interview with Jason Hentschel Jason Hentschel is author of  Desiring Certainty and senior pastor of Wyoming Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Dayton and an MDiv from Truett Theological Seminary. He serves as an...