Jun 1, 2018 | Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Daniel T. Rodgers, Evangelicals, Feminism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement, Secularization, The Age of Fracture |
by William Trollinger Why do evangelical leaders and pastors devote so much energy, so much attention, to sex? In particular, evangelical pastors and leaders spend an enormous amount of time delineating what constitutes God-ordained sexuality and God-ordained sexual...
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...
Apr 20, 2018 | Alec MacGillis, Cleveland.com, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Kristen Tobey, Michael Massing, Rodney Hessinger, Sarah Jones, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times |
by William Trollinger One of the few benefits of the Donald Trump presidency 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 constituency. The challenge is that so...
Apr 17, 2018 | Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Harper's, Katha Pollitt, Meghan O’Gieblyn, Mike Pence, The Nation, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger One of the few benefits of the Donald Trump presidency is that many smart journalists are now writing about white evangelicals in an effort to understand these Christians who make up his most loyal constituency. The challenge is that so many...
Apr 13, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalist U, University of Dayton |
by William Trollinger If you want to understand why 81% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, schools are a very good place to start. Here at the University of Dayton (UD) approximately 60 people – faculty and students from UD as well as from local evangelical...
