Jun 25, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Al Mohler, Answers in Genesis, Biblical Literalism, Buddy Shurden, Calvanism, Complementarian Theology, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, J.D. Greear, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptist Convention |
Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an...
Jun 1, 2018 | Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Daniel T. Rodgers, Evangelicals, Feminism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement, Secularization, The Age of Fracture |
by William Trollinger Why do evangelical leaders and pastors devote so much energy, so much attention, to sex? In particular, evangelical pastors and leaders spend an enormous amount of time delineating what constitutes God-ordained sexuality and God-ordained sexual...
Mar 26, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Carl R. Weinberg, Creationism, Feminism, History, Inerrancy, Jason Hentschel, Ken Ham |
by Jason Hentschel Jason A. Hentschel has a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Dayton, and is currently senior pastor at Wyoming Baptist Church (Wyoming, OH). His research focuses on the intersection of evangelicalism and modern American culture. He has...
Mar 22, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Apocalypse, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Creation Science, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Evolution, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Museums, Observational Science, Science |
by Emma Bloomfield Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical perspective. She received her PhD from...
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 12, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Descent into Darkness, Karen Naim, Sin |
by Karen Naim Last fall, Sue taught an upper-division (undergraduate) course in the English Department at the University of Dayton on visual rhetoric. In that course, her students read a variety of theoretical/critical books and essays that explore how images,...