Nov 18, 2025 | Adam Laats, Age of the Earth, Andrew Carnegie, Civil War, Confederate Statues, Creation Museum, David Barton, David Blight, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Donald Trump, Emotion, Evangelical History, Frederick Douglass, Herbert McCabe, Higher Education, History, History and Politics, Jill Lepore, Jim Crow, John Rockefeller, Lauren Berlant, Lynn Hunt, MAGA, MAGA Evangelicals, Memory, Paula White, Pepe the Frog, PragerU, Pseudoarcheology, Reconstruction, Robert Jeffress, Robert Penn Warren, Second Ku Klux Klan, Segregation, Thurgood Marshall, White Supremacy |
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 he...
Aug 19, 2025 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, Abolition, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Confederate Statues, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Founder's Rhetoric, Fugitive Slave Act, Inherent Rights, Insurrection, January 6, 2021, Jim Crow, John C. Calhoun, Martin Luther King, Jr., Reconstruction, Second Ku Klux Klan, Slavery, Systemic Racism, Voting Rights, White Christian Nationalism, White Evangelical Racism |
by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white Christian nationalism and education. A link to the complete article can...
Feb 3, 2025 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, American Historical Association, American History, Black Reconstruction, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Communism, Constitution, Culture War, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Fascism, History and Politics, Indoctrination, Jerry Davis, John C. Calhoun, Kevin Kruse, Reconstruction, Slavery |
by William Trollinger Last Wednesday the Trump Administration issued an executive order entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” which has as its goal to end “federal funding or support for illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in...
Dec 15, 2023 | A Fever in the Heartland, Anti-Immigration, Birth of a Nation, Black History, Christian Nationalism, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Dayton, Harry Baujan, Johnson-Reed Act, KKK, Linda Gordon, Lynching, Second Ku Klux Klan, Society of Mary, Timothy Egan, University of Dayton, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. KKK Demonstration in Dayton, OH on September 21, 1923. Photo courtesy of Dayton Metro Library. It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at...
Oct 4, 2022 | Battle of Gettysburg, Benedict Arnold, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Civil War, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, David Barton, David Sofian, First Amendment, First Baptist Church of Dallas, George Pickett, George Washington, John Fea, Religion and Politics, Repairer of the Breach, Revolutionary War, Robert E. Lee, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Rolling Stone, The Wallbuilders, Watchman Decree, White Evangelicals, Will Campbell, William “Dutch” Sheets |
by Rodney Kennedy Screenshot of “Daily Prayer with Dutch” by William “Dutch” Sheets. 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...
Jan 17, 2022 | Capitol Riot, Civil War, Conservatism, Donald Trump, History and Politics, Insurrection, Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Martin Luther King, Jr., Racism, Raymond Screws, Republicans |
By Raymond Screws Raymond D. Screws earned his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 2003. He also has an MA from Pittsburg State University and a B.A. from School (now College) of the Ozarks, where his advisor was William Trollinger. Throughout his...
