Sep 24, 2024 | Adam Laats, Anti-Immigration, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Donald Trump, Fundamentalism, J.D. Vance, James Dobson, Ken Ham, KKK, Red Letter Christians, Springfield, Ohio, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Members of the Haitian community, from left, Lindsey Aime, James Fleurijean, Rose-Thamar Joseph, Harold Herard, and Viles Dorsainvil, stand for worship with Carl Ruby, pastor at Central Christian Church, in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 15,...
Aug 30, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Biblical Law, Christian Nationalism, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Doug Wilson, Fight Laugh Feast, Heath Druzin, Jemar Tisby, Jesus and John Wayne, Ken Ham, KKK, NPR, Patriarchy, Public Religion Research Institute, Republicans, Second Ku Klux Klan, University of Dayton, Voting Rights, White Evangelical Racism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of the Fight Laugh Feast 2023 Conference at Ark Encounter. According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 29% of Americans and 50% of Republicans are full-blown Christian nationalists or Christian nationalist sympathizers....
Dec 15, 2023 | A Fever in the Heartland, Anti-Immigration, Birth of a Nation, Black History, Christian Nationalism, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Dayton, Harry Baujan, Johnson-Reed Act, KKK, Linda Gordon, Lynching, Second Ku Klux Klan, Society of Mary, Timothy Egan, University of Dayton, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. KKK Demonstration in Dayton, OH on September 21, 1923. Photo courtesy of Dayton Metro Library. It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at...
Apr 12, 2021 | #AllLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter, Adolf Hitler, Billy James Hargis, Black Manifesto, Bob Jones, Bob Jones University, Camille Lewis, Carl McIntire, Christian Manifesto, Civil War, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, James Forman, Kenneth Burke, KKK, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Phil Snider, Religious Rhetorics, Southern Poverty Law Center, Uncategorized, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Camille Kaminski Lewis is, as of this fall, an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Rhetorical Studies with a minor in American Studies. Her...
Sep 17, 2019 | History, Kent State, KKK, May 4, 1970, Politics, Richard Margolis, Upheaval |
by William Trollinger Images from Richard Margolis’ exhibit Upheaval, 2019. Reproduced with permission from the artist. At its most basic level, history involves (as one of my mentors, Paul Conkin, used to say) trying to tell true stories about the past. This is...
Jun 7, 2019 | Civil War, Confederate Statues, KKK, McKinley Birthplace Museum, Racism, Slavery, Uncategorized, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Last Sunday, I was at the William McKinley Memorial Museum in Niles, Ohio – McKinley’s birthplace – to speak on “Statues, Flags, and the Ongoing Battle Over the Civil War.” Given McKinley’s role as a Union soldier, it seemed quite the appropriate...
