Jul 17, 2023 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Argumentation, Conservative Evangelicals, Creationism, Donald Trump, Frans van Eemeren, Jennifer R. Mercieca, Jerry Bergman, Ken Ham, McCarthyism, Rob Grootendorst, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Aug 26, 2022 | Abeka Books, American History, Ancient World, Answers in Genesis, Apostles of Reason, Aristotle, Biblical Authority, Bob Jones University, Capitalism, Church History, Civil Rights Movement, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, History and Politics, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Martin Luther, Marxism, McCarthyism, Medieval History, Molly Worthen, Patricia Engler, Safe Schools, Secularism, Socialism, Thomas Aquinas, University of Dayton, White Supremacy, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger Photo by Patricia Engler, via Answers in Genesis Sometimes this blog simply writes itself. A few weeks ago we ran a post on Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford, 2021). In this...
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by William Trollinger Book cover of Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why it Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021) If you know anything about history, this post will make you laugh and/or cry. And/or make you...