Aug 19, 2021 | Biblical Literalism, Charles Murray, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jimmy Carter, Lance Wallnau, M.L. Mencken, Religion and Politics, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Southern Voters, The Immaculate Mistake, The Media, Uncategorized, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger 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...
Jul 23, 2021 | Areligious, Capitol Riot, Census of American Religion, Christian Right, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Immigration, Insurrection, James Heft, S.M., Jan Stets, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jesus, LGBT Issues, Politics, Racism, Religion and Politics, Religious Non-Affiliation, Religious Rhetorics, White Evangelicals, White Jesus |
by William Trollinger Update: This post is republished over at Red Letter Christians on July 30, 2021. A participant in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol poses with a Bible. Image credit: John Minchillo/AP via Word and Way . The headlines tell the...
Jun 15, 2021 | Adam Laats, Baylor University, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Bob Jones University v. United States, Christian Colleges, Conversion Therapy, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Inerrancy, LGBTQ+ abuse, Liberty University, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Conversation, Title IX |
By William Trollinger and Susan Trollinger Today we share our article, which appears at The Conversation. Our thanks to the editors’ generous sharing policy, which allows us to share our article in its entirety here. A recent lawsuit has charged the U.S....
Mar 22, 2021 | Anthony Moore, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Conservative Evangelicals, Evangelical Youth, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention, The Cedarville Interpreter, The Village Church, Thomas White |
by William Trollinger Homepage of The Cedarville Interpreter. For the past nine years the Cedarville University administration has done everything in its power to eliminate discussion of any ideas mildly at variance with the patriarchal Christian Right ideology...
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...
