Dec 1, 2017 | Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Flood Geology, Inerrancy, Science |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger We (Bill and Sue) are very pleased that our essay, “The Bible and Creationism,” is included in this just-published volume from Oxford. It is an honor that editor Paul Gutjahr asked us to join such an august list of...
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 5, 2017 | Age of the Earth, Amish, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Evolution, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Noah's Flood, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger Last Wednesday, Sue presented our co-authored paper, “Sacred Rhetoric Turned into Culture War Rhetoric at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter,” at the Sacred Rhetorics conference, which was held at Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay,...
Apr 29, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Ken Ham, Righting America, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Given that so many people – including many Christians – find fundamentalism and creationism bewildering and bizarre, who is the audience for contemporary fundamentalist leaders and organizations? When Bill spoke last Sunday at Westminster...
Apr 26, 2017 | Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy |
by William Trollinger How do people hold on to ideas that seem to be illogical, and how do they hold on to them with fervor? Last Sunday Bill talked about biblical inerrancy and the origins of fundamentalism at Westminster Presbyterian Church here in Dayton. It was...
