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“Stop filming me”: Influencing Christianity and Yesteryear

by Elise Abshire Elise Abshire is a graduate of the MA program in Theological Studies at the University of Dayton. Currently, she is finishing her PhD, and works at UD as a Grant Coordinator on a grant from the Lilly Endowment centered around creating and...

The Flat-Earth Flank of Young-Earth Creationism

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

Answers in Genesis: The Bible Is to Be Read Literally, Except When It’s Not

by William Trollinger Giotto di Bodone’s “The Kiss of Judas”. Public Domain. At the height of the pandemic, Georgia Purdom of Answers in Genesis (AiG) instructed Christians to ignore the medical experts and evolutionist academics (some of whom teach...

Questions Creationists Ask: A Journey from Science Denial to an Evolutionary Perspective

by Terry Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology,...

A Hermeneutical Challenge: Toward an Accurate Interpretation of the Genesis Creation Accounts

by Terry Defoe  Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA,...

“Compromising Biblical Authority”: Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis, and the Christian Right

by William Trollinger Placard image via Slideserve. Last Friday Ken Ham — sadly and emotionally — tweeted his concern about evangelical leaders whose inconsistent approach to the Bible is leading folks to abandon the faith:  It’s our contention that...