Jul 30, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Historical Science, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James |
William Trollinger At the heart of much of evangelical apologetics is the promise that you can know that you know the truth. Not think or hope or have faith that you know the truth, but know that you know the truth. In particular, you can know with certainty – it has...
May 29, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Daniel Cox, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues, Secularization, Wheaton College, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger The numbers tell a remarkable story. White evangelicalism is shrinking, and at a brisk rate. While 23% of Americans identified as white and evangelical in 2006, that number had dropped to 17% by 2017. More than this, white evangelicalism is...
May 8, 2018 | Adam Laats, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Red Letter Christians, Righting America, The New York Times, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Evangelical colleges are always having to prove – to parents, donors, and evangelical leaders such as James Dobson or Ken Ham – that they are, to quote Adam Laats, “guardians and teachers of a necessarily vague dream of eternal and unchanging...
Apr 13, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalist U, University of Dayton |
by William Trollinger If you want to understand why 81% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, schools are a very good place to start. Here at the University of Dayton (UD) approximately 60 people – faculty and students from UD as well as from local evangelical...
Apr 6, 2018 | Christian Colleges, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Excalibur, intolerance, Taylor University |
by William Trollinger In looking at Excalibur – the self-advertised “publication of the Taylor University conservative underground” — here is what we see: The authors of Excalibur claim that – because of “our current cultural climate” as well as “leftist trends”...
Apr 2, 2018 | Christian Colleges, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Excalibur, intolerance, Taylor University |
by William Trollinger The headline in Christianity Today says it all: “Taylor University Still Shaken by Unsanctioned Conservative Newspaper.” Founded in 1847, Taylor is now an independent Christian college of approximately 1900 undergraduate students located in...
