Oct 19, 2017 | Christian Right, Fundamentalism, Hell, intolerance, Rebecca Barrett-Fox, Righting America, Westboro Baptist Church |
by Rebecca Barrett-Fox with William Trollinger In Righting America we note that “in the twenty-first century, the study of American fundamentalism has really come into its own, with a surfeit of outstanding works, many of which pay close attention to economics and...
Sep 11, 2017 | Fundamentalism, History, intolerance, Jake Dorn |
by William Trollinger This past Tuesday the field of U.S. history lost a terrific scholar and we lost a wonderful friend, as Jacob Dorn, Wright State University professor emeritus, died at the age of 77 after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. In his teaching...
Aug 22, 2017 | American Athiests, Evangelicals, intolerance, LGBT Issues |
by William Trollinger When Pam Whissel asked us to give a talk at the 2017 American Atheists convention on Righting America at the Creation Museum, our response was that if the American Atheists did not mind a couple of Catholics crashing their party, then we would be...
Aug 14, 2017 | Christian Right, Culture War, intolerance, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Persecution, Politics, Rebecca Barrett-Fox |
by Rebecca Barrett-Fox Today’s post is written by Rebecca Barrett-Fox, professor of sociology at Arkansas State University. The author of God Hates: Westboro Baptist Church, American Nationalism, and the Religious Right (University Press of Kansas 2016), she...
Aug 10, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Apocalypse, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, intolerance, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics, Righting America |
by William Trollinger To say that Ken Ham devotes a great deal of energy and time to vilifying gay marriage and LGBTQ rights is an understatement. As we noted recently, over the past year Ham – who apparently has no comment on, say, immigrants, refugees, or white...
May 29, 2017 | AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Christian Right, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, intolerance, Ken Ham, Persecution, TIF Bonds, Williamstown, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger On the face of it, the notion that evangelicals in the United States are being persecuted seems absurd. Just look at the 2016 election. Donald Trump becomes president, thanks in good part to the support of 81% of white evangelicals. His Vice...
