Aug 4, 2022 | 1776 Commission, American Exceptionalism, American History, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Capitalism, Christian Nationalism, Confederacy, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Evangelical History, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, Historiography, History, History and Politics, History of Science, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Makin v. Carson, Politics, Public Education, Religion and Politics, Religious Freedom, Rhetoric, Slavery, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards, Texas Freedom Network, Universal Healthcare, Western Colonialism, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
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...
Jul 29, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Capitalism, Christian Nationalism, Culture War, Genesis, Jesus, Joe Biden, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, Noah's Flood, Secularism, The Conversation, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger According to Ken Ham, Joe Biden and his ilk are “The Enemy.” As it was in the days of Noah, so it is now. And damnation is coming. The year after Ark Encounter opened in 2016, Answers in Genesis (AiG) put out a booklet entitled A Pocket Guide to...
Jul 3, 2022 | Abortion, Adam and Eve, Atonement, Catholicism, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Constitution, David Barton, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Evolution, Feminism, First Amendment, Fourth of July, Fundamentalism, Gun Control, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Inerrancy, intolerance, J. Frank Norris, January 6, 2021, Kenneth R. Miller, Lauren Boebert, LGBTQ+ Rights, Liberalism, Prayer, Public Schools, Rapture Ideology, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Republicans, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Roe v. Wade, School Prayer, Science, Stewardship, Supreme Court, Tolerance, Trump Supporters, Women's Rights |
by Rodney Kennedy Book Cover for Fosdick’s Shall the Fundamentalists Win? Or, The New Knowledge and the Christian Faith. Image via Amazon. Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State...
Nov 15, 2021 | American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American Revolution, Barbara Biesecker, Birther Conspiracy, Birtherism, Christian Nationalism, Christopher Columbus, D. James Kennedy, David Barton, Evangelical History, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Jeremiah Wright, Peter Marshall, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Rowan Williams, Steven Keith Green, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism |
by Rodney Kennedy 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)...
Sep 20, 2021 | #BlackLivesMatter, #ChurchToo, #MeToo Movement, Active-Passivism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Beth Moore, Christian Nationalism, Citizenship, Clifford Geertz, Complementarian Theology, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Digital Church, Digital Rhetorical Ethnography, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Founder's Rhetoric, Gender Roles, History and Politics, John Fea, Megachurches, Narrative Patterns, Religious Rhetorics, Republicans, Samuel Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Stephanie A. Martin, Thomas Frank, Trump Supporters, Uncategorized |
by Patrick Thomas Sam (Stephanie A. Martin) is a scholar of public address and political communication, with a particular interest in the public discourses of conservative social movements, especially evangelical voters. She has written or edited three books, most...
Aug 12, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Nationalism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Ken Ham, Pedophilia, QAnon, Secularism, Trey Smith, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism |
by William Trollinger Ken Ham’s Secular Worldview. Image via Facebook. Referring to the image displayed here, which Ken Ham has circulated via Twitter and Facebook, a friend asked if, by adding the “pedophilia” flag to the “secular worldview” fortress, Ham “is...
