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The Melancholy, Outrage, Resentment, and Shame of MAGA Historians

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...

Doug Wilson Says Mamdani Voters “Should Lose Their Citizenship”

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...

Blood in the Water: Ken Ham v. Evangelical Colleges

by William Trollinger  Screenshot of Ken Ham’s attack on Biola University’s William Craig Lane, via AnswersInGenesis.org. As I noted in my last blog post, Ken Ham has launched a full-scale attack on evangelical colleges, claiming that “biblical...

Spouting Venom from their Fire Ant Mounds: Evangelical Preachers v. James Talarico

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...

Marching Toward Sheol: The Sad Fate of MAGA Evangelicals

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...

In the Wake of the Fatal Shooting of Charlie Kirk: What’s Next for Turning Point USA, the Far Right, and American Evangelicalism?

by Tucker Hoffmann  Tucker J. Hoffmann is a Graduate Student at the University of Georgia achieving his master’s degree in communication studies through the Rhetorical Studies program. Tucker started studying Charlie Kirk and his organization, Turning Point USA,...