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Studying Religious Rhetorics in the Time of Trump and Kavanaugh: Part One

Oct 9, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Apocalypse, Ark Encounter, Artistic License, Biblical Literalism, Brett Kavanaugh, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Donald Trump, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Gender Roles, Global Warming, Inerrancy, Judgment, Museums, Natural and Ordinary Amendment, Religious Rhetorics, Righting America, Voyage Room, Young Earth Creationism | 0 comments

by William Trollinger On the Saturday that Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate as the newest justice on the Supreme Court, it was energizing and therapeutic to be in the company of smart and gracious scholars devoted to studying and explaining religious...

Presuppositionalism, the Fundamentalist Bubble, and Donald Trump

Jul 23, 2018 | Apologetics, Apostles of Reason, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Donald Trump, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Historical Science, Molly Worthen, Observational Science, On Tyrrany, Presuppositionalism, Righting America, Timothy Snyder, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism | 0 comments

William Trollinger The fundamentalist bubble is not simply a matter of separate schools, institutions, and media. It is also a matter of separate ideas that cannot be challenged or disputed or proven untrue. It is a matter of impregnable presuppositions. At the...

The Evolution of Creationism in American Higher Education: Part 2

Sep 7, 2017 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Evolution, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Righting America, Science | 0 comments

by Adam Laats Today, our colleague Adam Laats continues his exploration of the history of young earth creationism as a doctrine of evangelical colleges and universities. As he demonstrates below, in the last century creationist colleges have wrestled with many...

Narrowing God’s Word and the Proper Christian at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter

Jun 5, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Amish, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Evolution, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Noah's Flood, Young Earth Creationism | 0 comments

by Susan Trollinger Last Wednesday, Sue presented our co-authored paper, “Sacred Rhetoric Turned into Culture War Rhetoric at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter,” at the Sacred Rhetorics conference, which was held at Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay,...