Jun 30, 2020 | Adam Laats, Anthony Moore, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Daniel Akin, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist U, Higher Learning Commission, Mark Vroegop, Paige Patterson, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Southeastern Seminary, Southwestern Biblical Seminary, Thomas White |
by William Trollinger Members of the Cedarville University Board of Trustees Mark Vroegop (left) and Daniel Akin (right) have resigned after university President Thomas White (center) was reinstated. Photo courtesy of churchleaders.com There are now even more painful...
Mar 6, 2020 | Adam Laats, Asbury University, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, LGBT Issues, Linda Blackford |
by William Trollinger Asbury University, Photo by City of Wilmore, Kentucky. As Adam Laats convincingly demonstrates in his wonderful Fundamentalist U, evangelical and fundamentalist colleges are all about presenting themselves – to donors and parents – as “safe”...
Sep 3, 2019 | Adam Laats, Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Biblical Literalism, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Evolution, Genesis, Historical Science, Ken Ham, Natural History, Observational Science, Public Schools, Religion and Science, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Adam Laats Adam Laats is Professor of Education and History (by courtesy) at Binghamton University (State University of New York). His books include: Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era: God, Darwin, and the Roots of America’s Culture Wars...
Apr 18, 2019 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Excalibur, Mike Pence, Politics, Taylor University, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Conservatives at Taylor University can breathe a sigh of relief. Mike Pence is on his way. The leftist assault has been thwarted. Just 14 months ago the alarm was sounded at the evangelical school of 1900 undergraduates in Upland, Indiana. A...
Jan 14, 2019 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Areligious, Ark Encounter Attendance, Blog Updates, Corinth Presbyterian Church, Donald Trump, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Evangelical Education, Faithland Map, Feminism, Flood Geology, Gender Roles, Herbie Miller, Immigration, Joel Osteen, Margaret Bendroth, Moody Bible Institute, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention, Taylor University, Tim Gloege, Zach Spidel |
by William Trollinger Faithland map, 2018. Created by Alex Egoshin using data provided by the Association of Religion Data Archives. 2018 was significant for the rightingamerica blog, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics featured, and the number of...
Oct 5, 2018 | Adam Laats, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Bill Hybels, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Genesis, Humana Vitae, Inerrancy, Paige Patterson, Papal Inerrancy, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Religious Absolutism, Sean Martin, Southern Baptist Convention, Theology of the Body |
by Sean Martin Sean Martin is a fifth-year theology doctoral student at the University of Dayton writing on Catholic fundamentalism and Scott Hahn. Sean and his wife, Beth, currently live in Cincinnati with their infant daughter, Gwen. Sean has an MA in philosophy...