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Built to fail: Gaza’s new U.S.-based aid system, and its Trump-supporting Christian Zionist director

by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...

Klandamentalism: Bob Jones at the Intersection of Revivalism, Politics, and White Supremacy

An Interview with Camille Kaminski Lewis by William Trollinger Camille Kaminski Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Rhetorical Studies with a minor in...

When America Goes Nativist, America Becomes Less Christian

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...

Forget the “Sweet By and By”: For MAGA Evangelicals, Apocalypse is Now

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...

A(nother) Frontal Attack on Democracy: The Trump Administration Eviscerates the National Endowment for the Humanities

by William Trollinger KKK members gather in Dayton, Ohio on July 24, 1923. Image via Dayton Metro Library. On April 03 the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) sent an email – from a nongovernmental email address (which meant that many of these emails ended up...

Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit: An Interview with Rodney Kennedy

by William Trollinger 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...