Sep 11, 2017 | Fundamentalism, History, intolerance, Jake Dorn |
by William Trollinger This past Tuesday the field of U.S. history lost a terrific scholar and we lost a wonderful friend, as Jacob Dorn, Wright State University professor emeritus, died at the age of 77 after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. In his teaching...
Sep 7, 2017 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Evolution, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Righting America, Science |
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...
Sep 5, 2017 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Righting America |
by Adam Laats In the “Suggested Readings” section of Righting America (313-316) we note that “in the twenty-first century, the study of American fundamentalism has really come into its own, with a surfeit of outstanding works.” And the hits just keep coming. Over the...
Aug 25, 2017 | American Athiests, Creation Museum, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Righting America |
by William Trollinger Saturday at the American Atheists Convention in North Charleston involved twelve back-to-back presentations in the (ice-cold) Marriott ballroom. Besides those mentioned in our last post, there were also presentations on: “The Threat of a...
Jul 6, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Right, Fundamentalism, Jesus, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues |
by William Trollinger If one goes by what Answers in Genesis (AiG) CEO Ken Ham says on social media, he seems obsessed with the LGBTQ community. Of course, Ham writes blog posts on how wonderful the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter are, how they are attracting...
Jul 3, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Cedarville University, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Science, Secularism, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger According to Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG), the nation is in the midst of a terrible spiritual struggle, as true Bible-believing Christians valiantly fight the forces of secularism and atheism in a desperate attempt to save the soul of...
