May 28, 2024 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Australian Christian Lobby, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Creation Science, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Feminism, Henry Morris, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Pride, Martin Iles, Marxism, Motherhood, Overpopulation, Religion and Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...
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 23, 2024 | Biblical Literalism, Certainty, Creation Science, Genesis, Rhetoric of Science, Righting America, University of Dayton, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan and William Trollinger As part of the 2023-2024 Science and Faith Series here at the University of Dayton, we are giving this presentation on Wednesday, February 28, 4.00-5.00 pm in Sears Recital Hall, Jesse Phillips Humanities Center. The event is...
Feb 15, 2024 | Atheism, Biblical Literalism, Burgess Shale, Evangelicals, Evolution, Evolving Certainties, Religion and Science, Science, Stephen Jay Gould, Terry Defoe, Wonderful Life, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in Western Canada from 1982 to 2016, and who ministered to students on the campuses of the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author of...
