Jan 6, 2026 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Science, COVID-19, Dan Phelps, David Menton, Henry Morris III, Institute for Creation Science, Ken Ham, Measles, Panda's Thumb, Patrick Marsh, Public Health, Rhetoric of Science, Vaccine Mandates, Williamstown, Zohran Mamdani |
by Daniel Phelps Daniel Phelps is a retired environmental geologist for the commonwealth of Kentucky. He has also taught part-time in Kentucky’s Community College system. Phelps is founder and president of the Kentucky Paleontological Society. His work to expose...
Jul 29, 2025 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Climate Change, Conspiracy Theories, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Isis Journal, Jenna Scaramanga, K.L. Marshall, Michael Reiss, QAnon, Scientific Creationism, Scopes Trial, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger We are pleased to announce that our article, “From Creationism to QAnon: Answers in Genesis and the Culture Wars,” has been published in the June issue of Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society. Below is an excerpt...
Jun 4, 2025 | Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-Vaxxers, autism, Habeas Corpus, Mike Trollinger, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
by William Trollinger Mike Trollinger (1956-2025) If it weren’t so terrifying, the ignorance and incompetence of the Trump Administration would be hilarious. We have a Secretary of Homeland Security who has no idea what habeas corpus is or where in the...
Mar 21, 2024 | Anti-Vaxxers, Apocalypticism, Billy Graham, Charlie Kirk, Christian Nationalism, Clay Clark, Conspiracy Theories, COVID-19, Culture War, David Barton, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, Evangelical History, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Greg Locke, Jim Wright, Liberty University, Michael Flynn, Miroslav Volf, Rachel Denhollander, Ralph Reed, ReAwaken America Tour, Religion and Politics, Robert Jeffress, Rush Limbaugh, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, Tim Alberta, Trump Supporters, William Bell Riley |
By Andrew J. McNeely Andrew McNeely is a Ph.D. student in Theology at the University of Dayton. McNeely’s research interests include 19th and 20th century fundamentalism and evangelicalism at the intersections of theology, education, history, politics, and American...
Feb 8, 2024 | Anti-Environmentalism, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Communication Failures, COVID-19, Creation Science, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Evolution, Historical Science, Misinformation, Museums, Religion and Science, Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Science, Science, Science v. Story, Scientific Communication, Scientific Creationism, Stephen O'Leary, Vaccination, Visual Rhetoric |
by Emma Frances Bloomfield Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...
Sep 26, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Ark Encounter Feasibility Report, Book Banning, Capitalism, Climate Skeptics, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Identity, Marxism, Secularism, Tax Breaks, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY. Image via JoeMyGod. It has been exactly ten years since Williamstown, Kentucky, underwrote $62.5m worth of bonds that made possible the building of Ark Encounter. This anniversary seems the perfect opportunity...
