Dec 4, 2018 | Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Evangelical Education, LGBT Issues, Liberty University, Military Memorials, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger When one thinks of the quintessential Christian Right university, Liberty immediately comes to mind, perhaps followed by Bob Jones. Here in Ohio one thinks of Answers in Genesis University, a.k.a. Cedarville. But there is another school that...
Nov 20, 2018 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Artistic License, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Diorama, Gay Marriage, Heteronormativity, Incest, LGBT Issues, Righting America |
William Trollinger For Righting America we were determined to read the Creation Museum as a text, taking the time to understand the messages that the museum is conveying. Toward that end, I visited the Creation Museum eight times, and Sue seven. Some aspects of the...
Jul 16, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Answers in Genesis, Biblical Literalism, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Rebecca Barrett-Fox, Southern Baptist Convention |
William Trollinger Answers in Genesis (AiG) CEO Ken Ham blogs daily, commenting on American culture, politics, and evangelicalism from a fundamentalist and highly moralistic perspective. And there is so much for him to comment on these days. There’s an American...
Jun 28, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Areligious, Culture War, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Gay Marriage, LGBT Issues, Rebecca Barrett-Fox, Secularization |
Rebecca Barrett-Fox is 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 researches and writes about religion, hate, and sexuality...
Jun 1, 2018 | Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Culture War, Daniel T. Rodgers, Evangelicals, Feminism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, LGBT Issues, Nashville Statement, Secularization, The Age of Fracture |
by William Trollinger Why do evangelical leaders and pastors devote so much energy, so much attention, to sex? In particular, evangelical pastors and leaders spend an enormous amount of time delineating what constitutes God-ordained sexuality and God-ordained sexual...
May 29, 2018 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Daniel Cox, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, intolerance, LGBT Issues, Secularization, Wheaton College, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger The numbers tell a remarkable story. White evangelicalism is shrinking, and at a brisk rate. While 23% of Americans identified as white and evangelical in 2006, that number had dropped to 17% by 2017. More than this, white evangelicalism is...