Aug 14, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Aristotle, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Heteronormativity, Jerry Falwell Jr., Kenneth Burke, Liberty University, Rodney Kennedy, Secularism, Thomas White |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton...
Nov 1, 2019 | Gay Marriage, Heteronormativity, Leviticus, LGBT Issues, Marvin McMickle, Rebecca Barrett-Fox, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Rodney Kennedy, Theonomy, White Evangelicals |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Dec 24, 2018 | Al Mohler, Amy Laura Hall, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Calvanism, Complementarian Theology, Gospel of Austerity, Heteronormativity, Julian of Norwich, Southern Baptist Convention |
by William Trollinger One of the story lines in 21st-century evangelicalism has been the rise of the New Calvinists, a movement which comes, to quote a Time article on the phenomenon, “complete with an utterly sovereign and micromanaging deity, sinful and puny...
Nov 20, 2018 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Artistic License, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Diorama, Gay Marriage, Heteronormativity, Incest, LGBT Issues, Righting America |
William Trollinger For Righting America we were determined to read the Creation Museum as a text, taking the time to understand the messages that the museum is conveying. Toward that end, I visited the Creation Museum eight times, and Sue seven. Some aspects of the...
Jul 2, 2018 | Dennis Hof, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Heteronormativity, Tim Reid |
by William Trollinger When I first read the story, I was stunned. Upon reflection, not so much. The title of Tim Reid’s article says it all: “In age of Trump, evangelicals back self-styled top U.S. pimp.” The pimp is Dennis Hof, who runs a strip club and...
Jun 1, 2018 | Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Daniel T. Rodgers, Evangelicals, Feminism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement, Secularization, The Age of Fracture |
by William Trollinger Why do evangelical leaders and pastors devote so much energy, so much attention, to sex? In particular, evangelical pastors and leaders spend an enormous amount of time delineating what constitutes God-ordained sexuality and God-ordained sexual...
