Apr 18, 2019 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Excalibur, Mike Pence, Politics, Taylor University, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Conservatives at Taylor University can breathe a sigh of relief. Mike Pence is on his way. The leftist assault has been thwarted. Just 14 months ago the alarm was sounded at the evangelical school of 1900 undergraduates in Upland, Indiana. A...
Mar 30, 2019 | Alister Chapman, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Felicia Song, Fundamentalism, Robert Gundry, Westmont College, White Evangelicals, White Jesus, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Image of Jesus from the Nancy Voskuyl Prayer Chapel at Westmont College. Photo courtesy of The Horizon Last weekend Sue and I were at Westmont College (Montecito CA) for the 18th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts. The theme of this year’s...
Dec 14, 2018 | Apocalypse, Bob Jones University, Bradley Martin, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Daniel Swanson, Fundamentalism, Kim Jong-un, North Korea |
by Daniel Swanson Daniel Swanson grew up in Japan, where he also went to Sophia University in Tokyo and got his M.A. in Japanese History, then taught History for twenty-two years in the country. He has traveled in over sixty-five...
Dec 7, 2018 | Christian Colleges, College of the Ozarks, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Politics |
by William Trollinger My first college teaching position was at the College of the Ozarks (C of O). When I say this to people who know something about the school – who have heard that it has been rated the most anti-LGBTQ college in the nation and/or that the...
Dec 4, 2018 | Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Evangelical Education, LGBT Issues, Liberty University, Military Memorials, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger When one thinks of the quintessential Christian Right university, Liberty immediately comes to mind, perhaps followed by Bob Jones. Here in Ohio one thinks of Answers in Genesis University, a.k.a. Cedarville. But there is another school that...
Sep 29, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Calvin College, Christian Colleges, Congregational Library, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Gender Roles, Institutional Religion, Margaret Bendroth, Righting America, Southern Baptist Convention |
by Margaret Bendroth One thing that the #MeToo movement and the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings have made blindingly clear is that sexual harassment/abuse is not simply or even primarily a matter of abusive individuals. Instead, it is very much about institutions – be they...
