Nov 15, 2022 | Alex Jones, American Creationism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Andrew Whitehead, Anthea Butler, Anti-Semitism, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Brian Kaylor, Catholicism, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Clay Clark, COVID-19, Dominic Sanfilippo, Elders of Zion, Fundamentalism, InfoWars, Iran-Contra Affair, January 6, 2021, Jesus and John Wayne, John Birch Society, Kristin Kobes du Mez, Laudato Si, Martin Buber, Michael Flynn, Mike Lindell, NRA, Oliver North, Peter Wehner, Pope Francis, QAnon, ReAwaken America Tour, Religion and Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Roger Stone, Samuel L. Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Trump Supporters, White Evangelical Racism, White Supremacy |
by Dominic Sanfilippo Dominic Sanfilippo is researching political and theological polarization, conspiratorial rhetoric, and emerging fundamentalist influences on American Catholicism while pursuing a master’s degree in theological studies at the University of...
May 24, 2022 | #BlackLivesMatter, Acts 29, Ark Encounter, Cedarville University, COVID-19, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Gender Roles, Grace Community Church, Harvest Bible Chapel, Inerrancy, James McDonald, Jerry Falwell Jr., John MacArthur, John Street, Julie Roys, Ken Ham, Liberty University, Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, Patriarchy, QAnon, Ravi Zacharias, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Southern Baptist Convention, Thomas White, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger A screenshot of Ken Ham’s post to Facebook on John McArthur’s “Truth Matters!” Conference. Image via Facebook. It’s hard to imagine that anyone outside the Christian Right bubble is unaware of the fact that white...
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)...
Jan 24, 2022 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, COVID-19, Creation Science, Daniel Phelps, Historical Science, Huckster, Ken Ham, Mark Looy, Science, The Cynthiana Democrat, The Grant County News, TIF Bonds, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown |
by Daniel Phelps Daniel Phelps is a retired environmental geologist for the commonwealth of Kentucky. He has also taught part-time in Kentucky’s Community College system. His work to expose the pseudoscience behind Ham’s Ark Encounter was featured in the award-winning...
Jan 20, 2022 | Amish, Anthropology, Courtship Practices, COVID-19, Gender Roles, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Linguistics, Lives of Amish Women, New New Order Amish, Old Order Mennonite, Old Order Schools, Participant Observation, Sex Education, Swartzentruber Settlement, Wisconsin v. Yoder |
by Susan L. Trollinger Karen M. Johnson-Weiner is a Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology Emerita at SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, NY, where she taught courses in linguistic anthropology. She received a B.A. in 1975 from Hope College (Holland, MI) and an M.A....
Jan 13, 2022 | ACLU, Anti-Intellectualism, Clarence Darrow, COVID-19, Culture War, Darwin, Derrick Harkins, Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelical History, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Evolution, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Historical Science, History, J. Frank Norris, James Forbes, Jeremiah Wright, Jerry Falwell, Sr., Lara Logan, Observational Science, Populism, Rand Paul, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Scopes Trial, The Fundamentals, Tom Cotton, Tucker Carlson, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Word&Way |
by Rodney Kennedy Editor’s Note: this piece appeared earlier this week at Word&Way. We are happy to share it here for our readers! Book Cover, Righting America at the Creation Museum by Susan L. Trollinger and William Vance Trollinger, Jr. (2016). Historians...
