Sep 24, 2024 | Adam Laats, Anti-Immigration, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Donald Trump, Fundamentalism, J.D. Vance, James Dobson, Ken Ham, KKK, Red Letter Christians, Springfield, Ohio, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Members of the Haitian community, from left, Lindsey Aime, James Fleurijean, Rose-Thamar Joseph, Harold Herard, and Viles Dorsainvil, stand for worship with Carl Ruby, pastor at Central Christian Church, in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 15,...
Dec 15, 2023 | A Fever in the Heartland, Anti-Immigration, Birth of a Nation, Black History, Christian Nationalism, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Dayton, Harry Baujan, Johnson-Reed Act, KKK, Linda Gordon, Lynching, Second Ku Klux Klan, Society of Mary, Timothy Egan, University of Dayton, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. KKK Demonstration in Dayton, OH on September 21, 1923. Photo courtesy of Dayton Metro Library. It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at...
Sep 19, 2023 | American Democracy, Anti-Immigration, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Political Rhetoric, Rhetoric, Robert Lee, Rodney Kennedy, Sam Houston, Secession, September 11th, Stonewall Jackson, Vladimir Putin |
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 served as interim...