Jan 11, 2023 | Abeka Books, Abeka Publishing, American History, American Pope, Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Bill Hybels, Catholic Fundamentalism, Cedarville University, Christian History, Creation Science, Dan Phelps, Environmental Science, Evangelical History, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gender Roles, Hijacking History, History and Politics, John MacArthur, Judgment, Kathleen Wellman, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Natural History, Paleontology Society, Patriarchy, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Righting America, Scott Hahn, Sean Martin, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, The Coming Storm, The Village Church, Thomas White, Trey Smith, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown, Willow Creek Community Church, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of visitors/viewers. Regarding the latter,...
Nov 15, 2022 | Alex Jones, American Creationism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Andrew Whitehead, Anthea Butler, Anti-Semitism, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Brian Kaylor, Catholicism, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Clay Clark, COVID-19, Dominic Sanfilippo, Elders of Zion, Fundamentalism, InfoWars, Iran-Contra Affair, January 6, 2021, Jesus and John Wayne, John Birch Society, Kristin Kobes du Mez, Laudato Si, Martin Buber, Michael Flynn, Mike Lindell, NRA, Oliver North, Peter Wehner, Pope Francis, QAnon, ReAwaken America Tour, Religion and Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Roger Stone, Samuel L. Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Trump Supporters, White Evangelical Racism, White Supremacy |
by Dominic Sanfilippo Dominic Sanfilippo is researching political and theological polarization, conspiratorial rhetoric, and emerging fundamentalist influences on American Catholicism while pursuing a master’s degree in theological studies at the University of...
Aug 26, 2022 | Abeka Books, American History, Ancient World, Answers in Genesis, Apostles of Reason, Aristotle, Biblical Authority, Bob Jones University, Capitalism, Church History, Civil Rights Movement, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, History and Politics, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Martin Luther, Marxism, McCarthyism, Medieval History, Molly Worthen, Patricia Engler, Safe Schools, Secularism, Socialism, Thomas Aquinas, University of Dayton, White Supremacy, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger Photo by Patricia Engler, via Answers in Genesis Sometimes this blog simply writes itself. A few weeks ago we ran a post on Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford, 2021). In this...
Aug 4, 2022 | 1776 Commission, American Exceptionalism, American History, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Capitalism, Christian Nationalism, Confederacy, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Evangelical History, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, Historiography, History, History and Politics, History of Science, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Makin v. Carson, Politics, Public Education, Religion and Politics, Religious Freedom, Rhetoric, Slavery, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards, Texas Freedom Network, Universal Healthcare, Western Colonialism, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Book cover for Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021). Kathleen Wellman is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of History and Altshuler...
Jul 14, 2022 | 1776 Commission, Abeka Books, American History, American Revolution, Ancient Greece, Andrew Carnegie, Apartheid, Capitalism, Catholicism, Christian Right, Christian Schooling, Christopher Columbus, Communism, Enlightenment, Evangelical Education, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Hijacking History, History, History of Science, Isaac Newton, Kathleen Wellman, McCarthyism, Native Americans, New Deal, Racism, Religion and History, Rhodesia, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Slavery, Socialism, Twelve Stones Academy, William McKinley |
by William Trollinger Book cover of Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why it Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021) If you know anything about history, this post will make you laugh and/or cry. And/or make you...
Jun 15, 2022 | American History, Biblical Interpretation, Billy Graham, Civil Rights Movement, Colorblindness, George Wallace, History, J. Russell Hawkins, Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jim Crow, Race and Religion, Racial Justice, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Southern White Evangelicals, The Bible Told Them So, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger J. Russell (“Rusty”) Hawkins is Professor of Humanities and History in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University. He is also author of The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy, which...
