Mar 16, 2022 | American Exceptionalism, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Bodie Hodge, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Fox News, Insurrection, January 6, 2021, Ken Ham, One America News, Paul Braterman, Public Religion Research Institute, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Republicans, Righting America, Secularism, The Coming Storm, The New York Times, Trey Smith, Trump Supporters, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Doug Jensen gestures to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Jensen, 41, of Des Moines, Iowa, was jailed Jan. 9 on federal charges, including trespassing and disorderly conduct...
Feb 17, 2022 | Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, COVID-19, Creation Science, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Evolution, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Matt Furie, Megachurches, Nature, Observational Science, Pepe the Frog, Post-Truth, Religion and Science, Robert Jeffress, Rupert Read, Science, Six-Day Creation, Trump Supporters |
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)...
Jul 23, 2021 | Areligious, Capitol Riot, Census of American Religion, Christian Right, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Immigration, Insurrection, James Heft, S.M., Jan Stets, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jesus, LGBT Issues, Politics, Racism, Religion and Politics, Religious Non-Affiliation, Religious Rhetorics, White Evangelicals, White Jesus |
by William Trollinger Update: This post is republished over at Red Letter Christians on July 30, 2021. A participant in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol poses with a Bible. Image credit: John Minchillo/AP via Word and Way . The headlines tell the...
Sep 25, 2020 | American History, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Biblical Literalism, Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Culture War, Darwin, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, God in a Nutshell, History, Ken Ham, Mark Noll, Politics, QAnon, Racism, Slavery, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Trey Smith, Vaccination, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from Trey Smith’s The Coming Storm: A Donald J. Trump Documentary. Image via Youtube “Many, many soldiers . . . died for the freedom of many people of other shades and colors, some of whom were sold out by their own kinsmen and...
Sep 15, 2020 | Abortion, Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, BioLogos, Christian Colleges, Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, COVID-19, Creation Science, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evolution, Francis Collins, Georgia Purdom, Heidi St. John, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Labor Unions, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, QAnon, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Savannah Maddox, Science, The Devil's Music, Vaccination |
by William Trollinger (with Susan Trollinger) “They are concerned about a virus that doesn’t kill very many people at all.” – Georgia Purdom, Answers in Genesis (AiG) “They are trying to manipulate me into getting a vaccine that I don’t believe in and don’t see any...
Feb 4, 2020 | Capitalism, Christian Right, Climate Change, Corwall Alliance, Culture War, E. Calvin Beisner, Economics of Climate Change, Evangelicals, Koch Family, Politics, Scott Howland, The James Partnership, Thomas Piketty |
by Scott Howland Scott Howland is a doctoral student at the University of Dayton in the Department of Religious Studies. Scott earned his BA in Psychology from Holy Cross College in South Bend, IN, and his MA in Theological Studies from the University of Dayton. His...