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Whitewashing History: PragerU’s Thanksgiving

by William Trollinger “The First Thanksgiving- 1621” Painting by Karen Rinaldo. Image via Plymouth400Inc. PragerU is not a university. It is not an accredited educational institution. It is, instead, a slick operation that produces all sorts of right-wing...

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,...

Donald Trump’s Sermon on the Mount

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...

What the Scopes Trial Meant: Bryan, the Modernists, and Science

by Edward B. Davis Edward B. (“Ted”) Davis, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Messiah University, writes about Christianity and science in the Scientific Revolution and modern America. His new book, Protestant Modernist Pamphlets: Science and Religion in...

Mike Huckabee: A Scary Dispensationalist Huckster

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...