Jul 30, 2018 | Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Historical Science, Messiah College, Religious Absolutism, William James |
William Trollinger At the heart of much of evangelical apologetics is the promise that you can know that you know the truth. Not think or hope or have faith that you know the truth, but know that you know the truth. In particular, you can know with certainty – it has...
Jun 4, 2018 | Apostles of Reason, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Joshua Pease, Laurie Goodstein, Molly Worthen, Moody Bible Institute, Red Letter Christians, Taylor University, The New York Times, Washington Post, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger As we have said before, one of the few benefits of the Donald Trump presidency is 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...
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 8, 2018 | Adam Laats, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Red Letter Christians, Righting America, The New York Times, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Evangelical colleges are always having to prove – to parents, donors, and evangelical leaders such as James Dobson or Ken Ham – that they are, to quote Adam Laats, “guardians and teachers of a necessarily vague dream of eternal and unchanging...
May 3, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Creation Museum, David Gushee, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Inerrancy, Jerry Falwell Jr., Ken Ham, Liberty University, Red Letter Christians, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger The fact that white evangelicals have given us President Donald Trump has forced a significant minority of American evangelicals into profound self-examination. Some are simply abandoning the label. One of the most prominent is David Gushee,...
May 1, 2018 | Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University, Red Letter Christians, Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo |
by William Trollinger It has been well-documented that the 2016 election of Donald Trump as president – and the fact that 81% of white evangelicals voted for him – has produced consternation and soul-searching within a segment of American evangelicalism. Some...
