Nov 5, 2026 | Abdul El-Sayed, Adam Hamilton, American Exceptionalism, American History, Anti-Immigration, Barack Obama, Birthright Citizenship, Civil Rights Act, Confederacy, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Democracy, Desperation, Donald Trump, Dusty Deevers, Elections, Emotion, Evangelical Rhetoric, Gary Bauer, Gerrymandering, Haitians, Iran, James Talarico, John Fea, John K. Amanchukwu Sr, MAGA, MAGA Evangelicals, Michael J Lee, Midterm Elections, Mike Johnson, Nostalgia, Racism, Robert Ivie, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Springfield, Ohio, Tim Scott, Trump Supporters, Voting Rights Act, White Evangelical Racism |
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...
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By Brian Kaylor Editor’s Note: Rev. Brian Kaylor is editor of Word and Way. This post appeared originally in the Word and Way enewsletter, A Public Witness, and is reposted here by permission. Doug Wilson, a Christian Nationalist pastor in Idaho and a self-described...
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by William Trollinger Book cover for Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021). Kathleen Wellman is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of History and Altshuler...
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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...
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by William Trollinger An escaped slave named Peter showing his scarred back at a medical examination in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. Library of Congress. Martin Luther King’s February 12 1965 speech in Selma, Alabama. Horace Cort/AP. The 1619 Project – the...
Jan 19, 2021 | Capitol Riot, Confederacy, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Insurrection, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus 2020, Jesus Flags, Moses, Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Serpent, White Jesus |
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)...
