Aug 26, 2022 | Abeka Books, American History, Ancient World, Answers in Genesis, Apostles of Reason, Aristotle, Biblical Authority, Bob Jones University, Capitalism, Church History, Civil Rights Movement, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, History and Politics, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Martin Luther, Marxism, McCarthyism, Medieval History, Molly Worthen, Patricia Engler, Safe Schools, Secularism, Socialism, Thomas Aquinas, University of Dayton, White Supremacy, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger Photo by Patricia Engler, via Answers in Genesis Sometimes this blog simply writes itself. A few weeks ago we ran a post on Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford, 2021). In this...
Aug 12, 2022 | Abeka Books, Abeka Publishing, Adam Smith, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Environmentalism, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Bob Jones University, Capitalism, Christian Environmental Stewardship, Christian Right, Christian Schooling, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservative Evangelicals, Environmental Science, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Environmental Network, John Birch Society, Ken Ham, Man-made Climate Change, Neall Pogue, Religion and Politics, Religion and the Environment, Safe Schools, The Nature of the Religious Right |
by Neall Pogue Neall Pogue is an assistant professor of instruction at The University of Texas at Dallas. His research on the relationship between the environment and white conservative evangelicals of the religious right was published in April of 2022 by...
Jul 19, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Cryptozoology, Culture War, Dragon Legends, Evangelical Education, Genesis, Hireath, History, History of Science, Ken Ham, Museum of the Bible, Natural History, Nazca Lines, Old Earth Creationism, Paul Thomas, Post-Truth, Pseudoarcheology, Reception Studies, Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and the Museum of the Bible, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Book Cover of Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Museum of the Bible (T&T Clark, 2020). Paul Brian Thomas is Professor of Religious and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Radford. He...
Jul 14, 2022 | 1776 Commission, Abeka Books, American History, American Revolution, Ancient Greece, Andrew Carnegie, Apartheid, Capitalism, Catholicism, Christian Right, Christian Schooling, Christopher Columbus, Communism, Enlightenment, Evangelical Education, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Hijacking History, History, History of Science, Isaac Newton, Kathleen Wellman, McCarthyism, Native Americans, New Deal, Racism, Religion and History, Rhodesia, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Slavery, Socialism, Twelve Stones Academy, William McKinley |
by William Trollinger Book cover of Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why it Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021) If you know anything about history, this post will make you laugh and/or cry. And/or make you...
Jun 22, 2022 | Calvin College, Campus Pride, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Safe Schools, Seattle Pacific University, Title IX |
by William Trollinger Graduating Seattle Pacific University students hand rainbow Pride flags to Interim President Pete Menjares while receiving their diplomas. Image via Religion News Service. Fact #1: Approximately 2/3 of evangelicals between the ages of 18 and 35...
Dec 22, 2021 | Absence of Conflict, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Harold Heie, Let's Talk, Messiah College, Respectful Conversations, Safe Schools |
by William Trollinger Cover of Harold Heie’s Let’s Talk: Bridging Divisive Lines through Inclusive and Respectful Conversations (Cascade Books, 2021). In this time of wretched culture war – with its hateful rhetoric and threats of violence fueled by an...
