May 18, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Dan Phelps, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, Howard Thurman, Intersectionality, Jesus, John Lewis, Judgment, Katheryn Pfisterer Darr, Ken Ham, Luke Timothy Johnson, Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, Righting America, Sexual Orientation, Social Justice, Statement of Faith, Tax Breaks, White Evangelicals, Williamstown |
by William Trollinger Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Image via abc7Chicago.com. Every time I think that things can’t get worse at Answers in Genesis (AiG), they do. The ever-intrepid Dan Phelps has noticed that on March 05, 2021 AiG replaced their original...
Apr 29, 2021 | Baylor University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, LGBTQ+ abuse, Messiah College, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Seattle Pacific University, Sexual Orientation |
by William Trollinger Baylor’s Gay Prom. Image via Baylor University Gamma Alpha Upsilon. As reported in an earlier post, 33 former and current college and seminary students – under the auspices of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP) – have...
Apr 6, 2021 | Adam Laats, Biblical Literalism, Bob Jones University, Bob Jones University v. United States, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Conversion Therapy, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, Gay Marriage, Gender Identity, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ abuse, Liberty University, Lucas Wilson, Messiah College, Moody Bible Institute, Obergefell v Hodges, Paul Southwick, Politics, Religious Exemption, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Safe Schools, Sexual Orientation, Slavery, The Cedarville Interpreter, Westmont College, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger “Meet the Plaintiffs” image courtesy of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP), 2021. In the wake of the 2015 Supreme Court ruling (Obergefell v. Hodges) legalizing same-sex marriage, a good friend of mine predicted...
Mar 29, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Barry Hankins, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, Christianity Today, Climate Skeptics, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, David Barton, Devil, Donald Trump, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Franklin Graham, Fundamentalism, Islamophobia, J. Frank Norris, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., John Fea, Ken Ham, Kenneth R. Miller, Liberty University, Pat Robertson, Paula White, Politics, Rapture Ideology, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Jeffress, Young Earth Creationism |
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)...
Mar 16, 2021 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Capitalism, Christian Right, Collaborative on Faith and Disability, Creation Museum, Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Dwarfism, Inclusive Employment, Nancy L. Eiesland, Pro-Life, Putting Faith to Work, Reason Bans, Roe v. Wade, Supercrips, The Disabled God |
by John Parrett John Parrett received his M.A. in Theological Studies from the University of Dayton. Before that, he graduated from Wilmington College with a Bachelor’s of Arts with a double major in History and Religion/Philosophy. While pursuing his master’s degree,...
Mar 9, 2021 | Agnoticism, Areligious, Atheism, Christian Right, Empty Churches, James Heft, S.M., Jan Stets, Religious Non-Affiliation, Secularization |
by William Trollinger Book Cover for Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America, edited by James L. Heft and Jan E. Stets. Image via Oxford University Press. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of religion in 21st-century America is the rapid growth of those who are...