Jul 26, 2023 | Adrian Bardon, Age of the Earth, Anti-Vaxxers, Certainty, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservative Evangelicals, Consumerism, Creation Care, Dispensational Premillennialism, Donald Trump, Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Science, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, Heliocentrism, Higher Education, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Louise Huang, Man-made Climate Change, Martin Luther, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, Observational Science, Paris Agreement, Politics, Public Education, Rachel Roller, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Safe Schools, Science, Scientific Method, Sustainable Development Goals, Terry Defoe, Textbooks, The Genesis Flood, The Truth About Denial, Trump Supporters, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in Western Canada from 1982 to 2016, and who ministered to students on the campuses of the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author...
May 10, 2023 | Book Banning, Evangelical Education, Jemar Tisby, Jewerl Maxwell, Julie L. Moore, Lynching, Marion Community Remembrance Project Coalition, Marion, Indiana, PEN America, Safe Schools, Systemic Racism, Taylor University, White Evangelical Racism, White Fragility |
by William Trollinger Photograph from the 1930 Lynching in Marion, Indiana. White fragility is really a thing. When pressed, Taylor University’s provost, Jewerl Maxwell, explained to writing professor Julie Moore that the specific reason she was being fired had to do...
May 4, 2023 | Bob Jones University, Cedarville University, Evangelical Education, Jemar Tisby, Jewerl Maxwell, Julie L. Moore, Michael Lindsay, Mike Pence, Racial Justice, Racism, Safe Schools, Sexual Abuse, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Taylor University, The Color of Compromise, White Evangelical Racism |
by William Trollinger Entry to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Image via Star 106.9. As one who taught for eight years at a “moderate” evangelical university, I speak from personal experience when I say that the gap between so-called moderate evangelical schools...
Apr 11, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalist Bible, Jefferson Bible, Jesus, Ken Ham, Safe Schools, Thomas Jefferson |
by William Trollinger Today we revisit a post from November 8, 2021 in which we examine the use of “creative editing” of the Bible that is done at the Creation Museum, especially when it comes to the representation of Jesus. Teachings of Jesus placard on...
Feb 17, 2023 | Asbury University, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Protest, Revival, Safe Schools, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Thomas White, Title IX |
By Alex Mattackal Image of Survivors Protesting at Cedarville University. Image credit: Emilie Schulze. Alex Mattackal is a current J.D. candidate and holds a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from Cedarville University. She took two years after her...
Oct 19, 2022 | Alt-Right, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Creation Science, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Darwin, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Facebook, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gab, Gavin Newsome, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Genesis, Gettr, Gun Control, Health Care, Hurricane Ian, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MeWe, Neo-Nazis, Oath Keepers, Parler, Patriarchy, Poverty, QAnon, Racism, Science, Secularism, Sexual Abuse, Stacey Abrams, Vacation Bible School, White Nationalists, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’s September 24, 2022 Facebook post featuring the carousel at Ark Encounter. Image via Facebook. I did this painful work, so you don’t have to. Over the past few months it became increasingly clear that, for me to...
