Jun 25, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Al Mohler, Answers in Genesis, Biblical Literalism, Buddy Shurden, Calvanism, Complementarian Theology, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, J.D. Greear, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptist Convention |
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) – which is an...
Jun 18, 2018 | Asylum Seekers, Christian Right, Culture War, Dana Milbanks, Evangelicals, Immigration, intolerance, Jeff Sessions, Meghan Henning, Racism, Stephen Colbert, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who...
Jun 1, 2018 | Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Daniel T. Rodgers, Evangelicals, Feminism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement, Secularization, The Age of Fracture |
by William Trollinger Why do evangelical leaders and pastors devote so much energy, so much attention, to sex? In particular, evangelical pastors and leaders spend an enormous amount of time delineating what constitutes God-ordained sexuality and God-ordained sexual...
May 29, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Daniel Cox, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues, Secularization, Wheaton College, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger The numbers tell a remarkable story. White evangelicalism is shrinking, and at a brisk rate. While 23% of Americans identified as white and evangelical in 2006, that number had dropped to 17% by 2017. More than this, white evangelicalism is...
May 17, 2018 | Ark Encounter, Creation Science, Culture War, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, Mary McLoughlin, Paternalism, University of Dayton |
by Mary McLoughlin Today’s post is from Mary McLoughlin, a sophomore at the University of Dayton studying English and Human Rights. She is particularly interested in the ethics of storytelling and how language and literature is used to mobilize the voices of...
May 10, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Oakwood High School, Politics, Washington Post, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Returning to high school was great fun! Last Friday we had the good fortune of speaking in Ms. Barbara Acker’s three Comparative Religion classes at Oakwood High School (just south of Dayton). We talked about young Earth...
