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...
Jun 29, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Creationism, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In 1994 historian Mark Noll published The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, which he famously begins with the devastating assertion that “the scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind” (3). While Noll gives...
Jun 22, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Church, Creation Museum, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Prayer, Sean Martin |
by Sean Martin Today’s post is a continuation of our colleague Sean Martin’s reflection on his visit to the Creation Museum. Sean is a fourth year doctoral student in theology at the University of Dayton (UD), where he is researching Catholic...
