Aug 22, 2023 | Alien vs. Predator, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Barbara Forest, Biblical Literalism, Category Mistake, Christian Right, Climate Change, Creation Science, Creationism, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, Intelligent Design, Ken Ham, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Left Behind, Mary Oliver, N. T. Wright, Of Pandas and People, Poetry, Rapture Ideology, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Burns, Rodney Kennedy, Rowan Williams, Science, Supreme Court, Troping |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Aug 15, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Antonio Guterres, Ark Encounter, Avery Foley, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Carbon Emissions, Christian Right, Cornwall Alliance, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Dispensational Premillennialism, Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Science, Fossil Fuels, Heat Waves, Jessica Jaworski, Lahaina, Maui Fires, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, Proof-Texting, Religion and Science, The Nation, Tom Engelhardt, Wildfires |
by William Trollinger Aftermath of the fires in Lahaina, Hawaii. Image via mauinews.com. In his recent article, “Right-Wing Extremism is Going to Boil Us Alive,” Tom Engelhardt observes that It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking...
Feb 23, 2023 | Anti-Asian Violence, Asian Americans, Br. Thomas Nguyen, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, COVID-19, George Floyd, Glenmary Home Missionaries, Racism, Religion and Politics, Silence, Systemic Racism, Visibility |
by Br. Thomas Nguyen, G.H.M. An Asian woman holds a sign during an anti-violence rally in New York City. Photo by Jim Wilson of The New York Times. Br. Thomas is a brother of The Glenmary Home Missionaries, a community that ministers to rural populations in the United...
Jan 16, 2023 | Anti-Environmentalism, Arlie Russel Hochschild, Capitalism, Christian Environmental Stewardship, Christian Right, Climate Change, Conservationism, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Earth Day, Francis Schaeffer, Ken Ham, National Association of Evangelicals, Neall Pogue, Religion and Politics, Religion and the Environment, Robert Dugan, Strangers in Their Own Land, The Lost Environmentalists, The Nature of the Religious Right |
by William Trollinger Image of Neall W. Pogue’s book cover for The Nature of the Religious Right: The Struggle Between Conservative Evangelicals and the Environmental Movement (Cornell University Press, 2022) Neall Pogue is an assistant professor of instruction...
Jan 4, 2023 | Adolf Hitler, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, American Jews, Anchor Baptist Church, Anti-Semitism, Antichrist, Christian Right, Dispensational Premillennialism, Eric Alterman, God's Empire, Israel, Jerry Falwell, Sr., John Hagee, John Nelson Darby, Judaism, Mike Elliott, Pensacola Bible Institute, Rapture Ideology, Revelation, The Nation, Tim LaHaye, Tribulation, White Evangelicals, William Bell Riley |
by William Trollinger Bar Graph showing the rise in anti-semitic incidents in the United States: 2012 – 2021. Via the Anti-Defamation League. A few years ago I was interviewed by a reporter for a national Jewish publication who wanted my take on the fact...
Dec 23, 2022 | Biblical Literalism, Certainty, Christian Right, Dispensational Premillennialism, Diversity, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Harmony Creek Church, Inerrancy, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ Identity |
by William Trollinger Anti-LGBTQ+ Protestors. Image courtesy of Getty Images. I was not prepared for the level of pain, hurt, anguish. I should not have been surprised, but I was. It was the winter of 2004. I had been asked to lead the “Winter Weekend Intensive” at...
