Jul 25, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Antony Alumkal, Camille Lewis, Capitalism, Christian Right, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Corwall Alliance, Creation Science, Culture War, E. Calvin Beisner, Economics of Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Kathleen Wellman, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Man-made Climate Change, Politics, Religion and Politics, Wildfires |
by William Trollinger Over the past week there have been innumerable news reports on the increasingly dramatic effects of global warming: A firefighter walks in front of a huge blaze heading towards a home in Strawn, TX. Image via The Telegraph. From NPR: “This very...
Jun 22, 2022 | Calvin College, Campus Pride, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Safe Schools, Seattle Pacific University, Title IX |
by William Trollinger Graduating Seattle Pacific University students hand rainbow Pride flags to Interim President Pete Menjares while receiving their diplomas. Image via Religion News Service. Fact #1: Approximately 2/3 of evangelicals between the ages of 18 and 35...
Jul 23, 2021 | Areligious, Capitol Riot, Census of American Religion, Christian Right, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Immigration, Insurrection, James Heft, S.M., Jan Stets, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jesus, LGBT Issues, Politics, Racism, Religion and Politics, Religious Non-Affiliation, Religious Rhetorics, White Evangelicals, White Jesus |
by William Trollinger Update: This post is republished over at Red Letter Christians on July 30, 2021. A participant in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol poses with a Bible. Image credit: John Minchillo/AP via Word and Way . The headlines tell the...
Jul 1, 2021 | Abortion, American History, Catholic Peace Fellowship, Catholicism, Civil Rights Movement, Clergy Abuse Crisis, Conscience, Conscientious Objector, Contraception, Culture War, Divorce, Follow Your Conscience, History, Humana Vitae, Joe Biden, LGBT Issues, Moral Formation, Patrick O’Boyle, Pete Cajka, Politics, Religion and Politics, Secularism, Shane MacCarthy, Thomas Aquinas, Vietnam War |
by William Trollinger Peter Cajka is Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his Ph.D. from Boston College, and before that he was an undergraduate student here at the University of Dayton, where I...
Jul 24, 2020 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Aristotle, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Culture War, Enthymeme, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Genesis, Historical Science, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics, Science, Secularism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP...
Jun 19, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Black Lives Matter, Confederate Statues, Fox News, George Floyd, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Papa Johns, Racial Justice, Racism, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tucker Carlson, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger SpongeBob SquarePants. Image courtesy of Nickelodeon. This past Saturday Nickolodeon celebrated Pride Month by very strongly suggesting that their popular cartoon character, SpongeBob SquarePants, is gay. LGBTQ+ activists immediately celebrated...
