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by William Trollinger Book cover for Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021). Kathleen Wellman is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of History and Altshuler...
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by William Trollinger Book Cover of Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Museum of the Bible (T&T Clark, 2020). Paul Brian Thomas is Professor of Religious and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Radford. He...
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by William Trollinger Note: The following is taken (with slight edits) from the original version of my review, which appeared in the March 2022 issue Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Full citation information and a link to the article is included at the...
Jun 9, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Baptist Without an Adjective, Beau Underwood, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Brian Kaylor, Chris Gehrz, Creation Science, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, D.G. Miles, Darwin, Euthanasia, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Gender Roles, Group Publishing, Inerrancy, Intersectionality, Ken Ham, Lifeway Christian Resources, Noah's Flood, One Blood, One Race, Pro-Life, Racism, Refugees, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Righting America, Southern Baptist Convention, Vacation Bible School, White Evangelicals, Word&Way, Young Earth Creationism, Zoomerang VBS |
by Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood Editor’s Note: Rev. Brian Kaylor is editor and president of Word&Way – which we strongly urge you to support – as well as the host of the podcast, Baptist Without an Adjective. Today’s post appeared...
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By Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger We at RightingAmerica are pleased to share below our article on Ark Encounter, which appears today over at The Conversation. Many thanks to the editors at The Conversation for their permission to re=post our work here! A...
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by Terry Defoe Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 carry a flag saying “Jesus is my Savior. Trump is my President.” Image by Selcuk Acar via The New Republic. Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in...
