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Ken Ham’s Attacks on James Talarico, or Right-Wing Politics as the Gospel

by William Trollinger James Talarico and Ken Paxton, image via msn. As Rod Kennedy has made abundantly clear, James Talarico – the Texas Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate – drives fundamentalists like Ken Ham absolutely nuts.  And it is easy to understand why....

The Freedom Trucks are the Creation Museum of American History

by Karen Elizabeth Park Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at Ex Voto, Karen’s Substack. We are grateful for her permission to re-post the article here. Karen Elizabeth Park is a writer and historian who examines religion as a lived and public...

Killing the Golden Goose: Evangelicals, Trump, and the War on Science

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...

Kirk Cameron, The Eternal Barbecue, and Fundamentalist Proof-Texting

By William Trollinger Image via https://creation-thewrittentruth.blogspot.com. The Baptist News Global headline says it all: “Heads spin as Kirk Cameron gives up eternal conscious torment.” As Rick Pidcock observes, Cameron has for many years “been one of the poster...

History Matters: MAGA Knows It

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...

From Creationism to QAnon: Answers in Genesis and the Culture Wars

by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger We are pleased to announce that our article, “From Creationism to QAnon: Answers in Genesis and the Culture Wars,” has been published in the June issue of Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society. Below is an excerpt...