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...
Apr 2, 2024 | Amanda Harpold, Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Science, Dinosaurs, eschatology, Flood Geology, Flood Narrative, Genesis 1-11, Genesis: Paradise Lost, Liberty University, Noah's Ark, Observational Science, Ralph Strean, Religion and Science, Rhetoric of Science, Science, Secularism, The Ark and the Darkness |
by Amanda Harpold Poster for The Art and the Darkness. Image via moviegoer.com. Amanda Harpold is a Ph.D. student at the University of Dayton. Her research interests have included patristic studies, as well as the practical theology of funeral homilies on...
Feb 1, 2024 | Abraham, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Claus Westermann, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Creation Science, Flood Narrative, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jennifer Mercieca, Ken Ham, Moses, Noah's Ark, Noah's Flood, P.T. Barnum, Progressive Protestantism, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Cargill, Rowan Williams, Science, The Genesis Flood, Wilhelm Wundt, Young Earth Creationism |
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...
Jan 12, 2024 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Claus Westermann, Creation Museum, Evolution, Genesis 1-11, James Weldon Johnson, Karl W. Giberson, Ken Ham, Randall Stephens, Rodney Kennedy, The Lie, Young Earth Creationism |
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...
Jan 2, 2024 | Ben Williamson, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblical Marriage, Bruce McCallum, Campus Crusade, Christian Right, Conservative Evangelicals, Counterculture Movement, Dennis McCallum, Dwell, Emily Shugerman, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Francis Chan, Gary DeLashmutt, Jesus People Movement, John Birch Society, Kathleen Boone, Safe Schools, The Bible Tells Them So, We Are Church Movement, Xenos Christian Fellowship |
by Ben Williamson Benjamin Williamson is Associate Professor of Theology at Ohio Christian University in Circleville, OH. Additionally, he serves as executive pastor at Riversong Church in Springfield, OH, and planted a church outside of Indianapolis early in his...
