Jul 19, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Bodie Hodge, Christian Right, Culture War, Ken Ham |
William Trollinger Who is the audience for fundamentalist apologetics? One place to start in answering this question is Answers in Genesis (AiG). This creationist juggernaut – with its books, videos, podcasts, speakers, school and church curricula, museum, and theme...
Mar 9, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Biblical Literalism, Bryan Osborne, Creation Science, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Righting America, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In the end, is the point to make it possible for evangelicals not to think? Bryan Osborne of Answers in Genesis (AiG) has recently explained the organization’s purpose thusly: The revelation that the Bible’s plain history is true, that...
Jan 2, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Politics, Secularization |
by William Trollinger We kick off the New Year by heading to Washington, D.C. for the winter meeting of the American Society of Church History. At 1.30pm on Thursday we are participating in a session that is entitled “Christianity in 20th Century American Politics,”...
Dec 14, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, BioLogos, Church, Creationism, Evangelicals, Evolution, Ken Ham, Righting America |
by William Trollinger It may seem surprising, given that Answers in Genesis (AiG) self-identifies as a Christian apologetics ministry, that AiG is as interested in making war on fellow Christians as it is in attacking secularists and atheists. According to Ken Ham,...
Jul 31, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Evangelicals, Jesus, Ken Ham, Righting America, TIF Bonds, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger It turns out that folks are watching. In our last post we noted that – despite Answers in Genesis (AiG) CEO Ken Ham’s public statement in which he fudged some facts and omitted many more – it seems as the most obvious explanation for Ark...
Jul 17, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Creation Museum |
by Susan Trollinger Our last post talked about a new movie that is being featured at Ark Encounter this summer, called As in the Days of Noah. Very briefly (a fuller plot summary can be found in our previous post), the film tells the story of a young woman (Adah) who...