Jul 26, 2023 | Adrian Bardon, Age of the Earth, Anti-Vaxxers, Certainty, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservative Evangelicals, Consumerism, Creation Care, Dispensational Premillennialism, Donald Trump, Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Science, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, Heliocentrism, Higher Education, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Louise Huang, Man-made Climate Change, Martin Luther, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, Observational Science, Paris Agreement, Politics, Public Education, Rachel Roller, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Safe Schools, Science, Scientific Method, Sustainable Development Goals, Terry Defoe, Textbooks, The Genesis Flood, The Truth About Denial, Trump Supporters, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in Western Canada from 1982 to 2016, and who ministered to students on the campuses of the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author...
Jan 11, 2023 | Abeka Books, Abeka Publishing, American History, American Pope, Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Bill Hybels, Catholic Fundamentalism, Cedarville University, Christian History, Creation Science, Dan Phelps, Environmental Science, Evangelical History, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gender Roles, Hijacking History, History and Politics, John MacArthur, Judgment, Kathleen Wellman, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Natural History, Paleontology Society, Patriarchy, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Righting America, Scott Hahn, Sean Martin, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, The Coming Storm, The Village Church, Thomas White, Trey Smith, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown, Willow Creek Community Church, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of visitors/viewers. Regarding the latter,...
Oct 19, 2022 | Alt-Right, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Creation Science, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Darwin, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Facebook, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gab, Gavin Newsome, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Genesis, Gettr, Gun Control, Health Care, Hurricane Ian, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MeWe, Neo-Nazis, Oath Keepers, Parler, Patriarchy, Poverty, QAnon, Racism, Science, Secularism, Sexual Abuse, Stacey Abrams, Vacation Bible School, White Nationalists, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’s September 24, 2022 Facebook post featuring the carousel at Ark Encounter. Image via Facebook. I did this painful work, so you don’t have to. Over the past few months it became increasingly clear that, for me to...
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...
Aug 4, 2022 | 1776 Commission, American Exceptionalism, American History, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Capitalism, Christian Nationalism, Confederacy, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Evangelical History, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, Historiography, History, History and Politics, History of Science, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Makin v. Carson, Politics, Public Education, Religion and Politics, Religious Freedom, Rhetoric, Slavery, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards, Texas Freedom Network, Universal Healthcare, Western Colonialism, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Book cover for Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021). Kathleen Wellman is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of History and Altshuler...
