Feb 22, 2021 | Adolf Hitler, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Camille Lewis, Capitol Riot, Christian Right, Civil War, Confederacy, Creation Museum, Darwin, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Donald Trump, Evolution, Insurrection, Ken Ham, Mark Noll, OathKeepers, Proud Boys, Racism, Righting America, Secession, Slavery, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote...
Dec 7, 2020 | Cedarville University, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Immigration, Madison Cawthorn, Politics, Sarah Jones, Sexual Violence, Trump Supporters, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Evangelical leaders pray over Trump in the Oval Office. Photo via The Chicago Tribune (2017). “What does it profit a faith to gain a whole country and then lose it, along with its own soul?” (Sarah Jones) Four years ago, just after the...
Nov 2, 2020 | Amy Coney Barrett, Answers in Genesis, Barack Obama, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Elections, Fundamentalism, Qasim Rashid, Trump Supporters |
by Susan Trollinger Just about a week ago, Qasim Rashid (a Democrat running for Congress in Virginia’s first district) was speaking at an outdoor campaign event to about 30 supporters in the beautiful setting of Aquia Harbor in Stafford, Virginia. As you would expect,...
Aug 28, 2020 | Bob Jones, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Ernest Sandeen, Fundamentalism, George Marsden, God's Empire, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., John Fea, John R. Rice, Liberty University, New Social History, Northwestern Bible School, Racism, Scopes Trial, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, William Bell Riley, World's Christian Fundamentals Association |
by William Trollinger William Bell Riley. Photo courtesy of Minneapolis Star-Tribune. I will get to Jerry Falwell, Jr. in a moment. But first, a look at the first great fundamentalist emperor. I fell in love with the “new social history” at the University of...
Aug 18, 2020 | Christian Right, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Willow Creek Community Church |
by Susan Trollinger An expansive view of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill. Photo courtesy of Willow Creek Community Church In the summer of 1979, just before I began attending Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, I was convinced by my best...
Aug 11, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University, Patriarchy, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Thomas White, Title IX, William Bell Riley |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger One of the primary reasons that some 46,000 undergraduates attend Liberty University is that the institution obliges all of its students to adhere to a set of rules called “The Liberty Way.” That means that in addition to...
