Jul 2, 2018 | Dennis Hof, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Heteronormativity, Tim Reid |
by William Trollinger When I first read the story, I was stunned. Upon reflection, not so much. The title of Tim Reid’s article says it all: “In age of Trump, evangelicals back self-styled top U.S. pimp.” The pimp is Dennis Hof, who runs a strip club and...
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...
May 25, 2018 | Donald Trump, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement |
by William Trollinger One thing you have to say about high school and college-age youth. They are on high alert for any hint of hypocrisy. In August 2017 the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood – an organization which proclaims that God’s plan for marriage...
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...
Apr 20, 2018 | Alec MacGillis, Cleveland.com, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Kristen Tobey, Michael Massing, Rodney Hessinger, Sarah Jones, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times |
by William Trollinger One of the few benefits of the Donald Trump presidency that many smart journalists and scholars are now writing about white evangelicals in an effort to understand these Christians who make up his most loyal constituency. The challenge is that so...
Apr 17, 2018 | Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Harper's, Katha Pollitt, Meghan O’Gieblyn, Mike Pence, The Nation, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger One of the few benefits of the Donald Trump presidency is that many smart journalists are now writing about white evangelicals in an effort to understand these Christians who make up his most loyal constituency. The challenge is that so many...
