Jul 14, 2022 | 1776 Commission, Abeka Books, American History, American Revolution, Ancient Greece, Andrew Carnegie, Apartheid, Capitalism, Catholicism, Christian Right, Christian Schooling, Christopher Columbus, Communism, Enlightenment, Evangelical Education, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Hijacking History, History, History of Science, Isaac Newton, Kathleen Wellman, McCarthyism, Native Americans, New Deal, Racism, Religion and History, Rhodesia, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Slavery, Socialism, Twelve Stones Academy, William McKinley |
by William Trollinger Book cover of Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why it Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021) If you know anything about history, this post will make you laugh and/or cry. And/or make you...
Jul 8, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Artistic License, Bible, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Cryptozoology, Genesis, Inerrancy, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Museum of the Bible, Paul Thomas, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Science, Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and the Museum of the Bible, Young Earth Creationism |
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 29, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Capital Punishment, Christian Methodist Episcopal Meeting, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Culture War, Forced Birth, Gun Control, Hilton Netherland Plaza, LGBTQ+ Pride, Poverty, Pro-Fetus, Pro-Life, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Universal Healthcare |
by William Trollinger The Bar at the Hilton Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati. Last Saturday night, Sue and I were at the Hilton Netherland Plaza bar in Cincinnati. We fell in love this bar after our very first visit to the Creation Museum, and it remains our go-to stop...
Jun 22, 2022 | Calvin College, Campus Pride, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Safe Schools, Seattle Pacific University, Title IX |
by William Trollinger Graduating Seattle Pacific University students hand rainbow Pride flags to Interim President Pete Menjares while receiving their diplomas. Image via Religion News Service. Fact #1: Approximately 2/3 of evangelicals between the ages of 18 and 35...
May 31, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Buffalo, Christian Right, Civil Rights Movement, Colorblind Individualism, Colorblindness, Gender Identity, George Floyd, Insurrection, J. Russell Hawkins, January 6, 2021, Joe Biden, Ken Ham, One Blood, One Race, Politics, Racism, Religion and Politics, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Sin, Slavery, The Age of Fracture, The Bible Told Them So, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Cover Image for The Bible Told Them So: How Souther Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy by J. Russell Hawkins (Oxford University Press, 2021) In his terrific 2021 book, The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to...
Jan 31, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Anti-Vaxxers, Bill Hybels, BioLogos, Cedarville University, Christian Right, Divorce, Emily Hunter McGowin, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, Georgia Purdom, Julie L. Moore, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Righting America, Rodney Kennedy, Thomas White, Wayne Grudem, White Evangelicals, Willow Creek Community Church |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Photo credit: Susan L. Trollinger, 2018 The rightingamerica website first appeared in April of 2016. In the 5 ¾ years since then, we have published 465 blog posts (many or most are more accurately described as short...