Dec 23, 2022 | Biblical Literalism, Certainty, Christian Right, Dispensational Premillennialism, Diversity, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Harmony Creek Church, Inerrancy, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ Identity |
by William Trollinger Anti-LGBTQ+ Protestors. Image courtesy of Getty Images. I was not prepared for the level of pain, hurt, anguish. I should not have been surprised, but I was. It was the winter of 2004. I had been asked to lead the “Winter Weekend Intensive” at...
Dec 14, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Bill Bright, Campus Crusade, Chick Tracks, Coronation Day, Four Spiritual Laws, Fundamentalism, Jack Chick, King Charles, Living Waters, National Evangelism Day, Ray Comfort |
by William Trollinger “Operation London” tracts. Photo via LivingWaters. What is it about fundamentalists and tracts? Is handing out little booklets to unsuspecting recipients really the best evangelistic strategy? What is the attraction? Most infamous are...
Nov 21, 2022 | AIG Security, Answers in Genesis, Canine Units, Christian Right, Christian Right Victimization, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Culture War, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Jules Carr-Chellman, Ken Ham, Observational Science, Persecution, Police, Secularism, Tax Breaks, Young Earth Creationism |
Jules Carr-Chellman Jules Carr-Chellman is an undergraduate student of Philosophy at the University of Dayton. Raised in Northern Idaho, he is now an honors student with research interests in psychoanalytic critical theory, social philosophy, and existentialism. As a...
Nov 15, 2022 | Alex Jones, American Creationism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Andrew Whitehead, Anthea Butler, Anti-Semitism, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Brian Kaylor, Catholicism, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Clay Clark, COVID-19, Dominic Sanfilippo, Elders of Zion, Fundamentalism, InfoWars, Iran-Contra Affair, January 6, 2021, Jesus and John Wayne, John Birch Society, Kristin Kobes du Mez, Laudato Si, Martin Buber, Michael Flynn, Mike Lindell, NRA, Oliver North, Peter Wehner, Pope Francis, QAnon, ReAwaken America Tour, Religion and Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Roger Stone, Samuel L. Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Trump Supporters, White Evangelical Racism, White Supremacy |
by Dominic Sanfilippo Dominic Sanfilippo is researching political and theological polarization, conspiratorial rhetoric, and emerging fundamentalist influences on American Catholicism while pursuing a master’s degree in theological studies at the University of...
Oct 31, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Facebook, Fundamentalism, Hell, Intersectionality, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, Noah's Flood, Parler, Proof-Texting, Righting America, Social Justice, Social Media, Statement of Faith, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from Ken Ham’s Facebook page, with a quote from the Gospel of Matthew and linking to a Fox News story. Image via Facebook. One of the distinctive ways in which fundamentalists make use of the Bible is proof-texting, i.e., pulling...
Aug 26, 2022 | Abeka Books, American History, Ancient World, Answers in Genesis, Apostles of Reason, Aristotle, Biblical Authority, Bob Jones University, Capitalism, Church History, Civil Rights Movement, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, History and Politics, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Martin Luther, Marxism, McCarthyism, Medieval History, Molly Worthen, Patricia Engler, Safe Schools, Secularism, Socialism, Thomas Aquinas, University of Dayton, White Supremacy, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger Photo by Patricia Engler, via Answers in Genesis Sometimes this blog simply writes itself. A few weeks ago we ran a post on Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford, 2021). In this...
