Oct 28, 2021 | American History, Answers in Genesis, Bible School, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Halloween, Ken Ham, Living Waters, Multnomah University, National Evangelism Day, Randall Balmer, Ray Comfort, Trick-or-Treat, University of Dayton |
by William Trollinger A screenshot from the Answers in Genesis Online Store featuring a National Evangelism Day resource by AiG’s Bodie Hodge. This semester here at the University of Dayton I am teaching my Ph.D. seminar on American Evangelicalism, with a...
Oct 11, 2021 | Amish, Amish Country Theater, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Evangelicals, Evolution, Janet Kellogg Ray, Masking, Religion and Science, Righting America, Science, Selling the Amish, Tourism, Vaccination, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Promotional photo for the Amish Country Theater (2021) Every other year my wife Sue teaches a course here at the University of Dayton (UD) entitled “The Arguments and Visual Rhetoric of Two Religious Traditions.” Not surprisingly, the two...
Sep 20, 2021 | #BlackLivesMatter, #ChurchToo, #MeToo Movement, Active-Passivism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Beth Moore, Christian Nationalism, Citizenship, Clifford Geertz, Complementarian Theology, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Digital Church, Digital Rhetorical Ethnography, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Founder's Rhetoric, Gender Roles, History and Politics, John Fea, Megachurches, Narrative Patterns, Religious Rhetorics, Republicans, Samuel Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Stephanie A. Martin, Thomas Frank, Trump Supporters, Uncategorized |
by Patrick Thomas Sam (Stephanie A. Martin) is a scholar of public address and political communication, with a particular interest in the public discourses of conservative social movements, especially evangelical voters. She has written or edited three books, most...
Sep 13, 2021 | Anthea Butler, Black Churches, Black Evangelicals, Capitalism, Capitol Riot, Christian Blackness, Conservative Evangelicals, Dara Coleby Delgado, Darrell Scott, Donald Trump, Donatism, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelicals, Insurrection, Jimmy Swaggart, National Association of Evangelicals, National Diversity Coalition, Pentecostal Charismatics, Political Theology Network, Prosperity Gospel, Prosperity Theology, Racism, Religion and Politics, Salvation, St. Augustine, T.D. Jakes, Trump Supporters, White Evangelicals |
by Dara Coleby Delgado Dara Coleby Delgado is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Black Studies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. Coleby Delgado is a third-generation Pentecostal, reared in the Apostolic/Oneness tradition. In 2019, she completed her...
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...
