Nov 11, 2025 | Age of the Earth, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biology, Catastrophism, cognitive dissonance, Creationism, Divine Intervention, Ellen G. White, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelicals, Evolution, Flood Geology, Flood Narrative, Fossils, George McCready Price, Heliocentrism, Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, Martin Luther, Nicolaus Copernicus, Orthogenesis, Pentecostal Charismatics, Presuppositionalism, Religion and Science, Science, Six-Day Creation, Terry Defoe, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology,...
Aug 5, 2025 | Biblical Authority, Biblical Cosmology, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Erasmus Reinhold, Framework Hypothesis, Genesis, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Heliocentrism, Hermeneutics, History, Inerrancy, Israel, Martin Luther, Nicolaus Copernicus, Philip Melanchthon, Symbolism, Terry Defoe, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA,...
Jul 1, 2025 | Abeka Books, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Bob Jones University, Butler Act, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, Conservative Evangelicals, Dayton, Evolution, Flood Geology, Flood Narrative, H. L. Mencken, Henry Morris, John C. Whitcomb, John Scopes, Scopes Trial, The Conversation, The Genesis Flood, William Jennings Bryan, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger and Susan Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. We are grateful to the editors to republish it here. The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law...
May 14, 2025 | Answers in Genesis, Areligious, Artistic License, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Christian Right Victimization, Culture War, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Religion and Politics, Statement of Faith |
by William Trollinger Placard image via Slideserve. Last Friday Ken Ham — sadly and emotionally — tweeted his concern about evangelical leaders whose inconsistent approach to the Bible is leading folks to abandon the faith: It’s our contention that...
May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
May 14, 2024 | Anti-Gay Protests, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Cal Thomas, Conservative Evangelicals, Conservative Ideology, David Frank, Ellen Davis, Folk Theory, Gay Marriage, George Lakoff, Global Methodist Church, Hillel, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Rights, Ordination, Oven of Akhani, Religious Conservatism, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptists, Stanley Hauerwas, Talmud, The Book of Discipline |
by Rodney Kennedy 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...
