Jan 14, 2021 | Adam Laats, Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Anti-Vaxxers, Ariana Cheng, Ashley Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times, Conservative Evangelicals, COVID-19, Craig Miller, Creation Science, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Franklin Graham, Frederick W. Schmidt, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist U, Georgia Purdom, Grace Baptist Church, Heidi St. John, Higher Learning Commission, Historical Science, Julie L. Moore, Ken Ham, Loren Reno, Mark DeMoss, Paige Patterson, Phil Jarvis, Progressive Protestantism, Religion and Science, Samuel Franklin, Science, Sexual Harassment, Southeastern Seminary, Title IX |
The last year marked a number of milestones for RightingAmerica.net! In addition to celebrating our fourth year of blogging, we welcomed 8 new contributing writers to our site, surpassed 192,000 page views, and reached our highest number of visitors ever in June –...
Jan 5, 2021 | Ad Hominem Attacks, American History, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Civil War, Confederate Statues, David Blight, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, Georgia Purdom, History, Jim Crow, Lost Cause Discourse, Reconstruction, Rhetoric, Righting America, Secession, Slavery, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger Statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, VA. Photo by Salwan Georges of The Washington Post (2020) The other day, I was reading David Blight’s fine book, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, in preparation for a project that I am going...
Dec 7, 2020 | Cedarville University, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Immigration, Madison Cawthorn, Politics, Sarah Jones, Sexual Violence, Trump Supporters, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Evangelical leaders pray over Trump in the Oval Office. Photo via The Chicago Tribune (2017). “What does it profit a faith to gain a whole country and then lose it, along with its own soul?” (Sarah Jones) Four years ago, just after the...
Sep 15, 2020 | Abortion, Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, BioLogos, Christian Colleges, Christian Statement on Science for Pandemic Times, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, COVID-19, Creation Science, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evolution, Francis Collins, Georgia Purdom, Heidi St. John, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Labor Unions, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, QAnon, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Savannah Maddox, Science, The Devil's Music, Vaccination |
by William Trollinger (with Susan Trollinger) “They are concerned about a virus that doesn’t kill very many people at all.” – Georgia Purdom, Answers in Genesis (AiG)“They are trying to manipulate me into getting a vaccine that I don’t believe in and don’t see any...
Aug 18, 2020 | Christian Right, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Willow Creek Community Church |
by Susan Trollinger An expansive view of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill. Photo courtesy of Willow Creek Community Church In the summer of 1979, just before I began attending Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, I was convinced by my best...
Aug 11, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University, Patriarchy, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Thomas White, Title IX, William Bell Riley |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger One of the primary reasons that some 46,000 undergraduates attend Liberty University is that the institution obliges all of its students to adhere to a set of rules called “The Liberty Way.” That means that in addition to...