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Questions Creationists Ask: A Journey from Science Denial to an Evolutionary Perspective

by Terry Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology,...

The Politicization of Science: A Crisis of Trust and Truth

by Terry F. Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology,...

Hell: Jesus, the Early Church, and Answers in Genesis

by William Trollinger Image of an unhoused person, via invisiblepeople.tv. And now, the final movement in my “Summer of 2024 Hell Quartet.” (For the first three movements, see: here, here, and here.) Ken Ham, Martyn Iles, and their compatriots at Answers in Genesis...

Perspectives on Christian Nationalism

by Terry Defoe  Educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby British Columbia (BA, Psychology, 2003). Defoe...

Payday Someday for Evangelicals (Ahab) and Trump (Jezebel)

by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism: A Review

By Andrew J. McNeely Andrew McNeely is a Ph.D. student in Theology at the University of Dayton. McNeely’s research interests include 19th and 20th century fundamentalism and evangelicalism at the intersections of theology, education, history, politics, and American...