Dec 22, 2021 | Absence of Conflict, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Fundamentalism, Harold Heie, Let's Talk, Messiah College, Respectful Conversations, Safe Schools |
by William Trollinger Cover of Harold Heie’s Let’s Talk: Bridging Divisive Lines through Inclusive and Respectful Conversations (Cascade Books, 2021). In this time of wretched culture war – with its hateful rhetoric and threats of violence fueled by an...
Nov 8, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Bible, Jefferson Bible, Jesus, Ken Ham, Messiah College, Righting America, Safe Schools, Thomas Jefferson |
by William Trollinger Teachings of Jesus placard on display at the Creation Museum. Photo by Susan L. Trollinger (2021). I taught for eight years at Messiah University (PA), which is – as the name might indicate – an evangelical school. (Side note: At my campus...
Apr 29, 2021 | Baylor University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, LGBTQ+ abuse, Messiah College, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Seattle Pacific University, Sexual Orientation |
by William Trollinger Baylor’s Gay Prom. Image via Baylor University Gamma Alpha Upsilon. As reported in an earlier post, 33 former and current college and seminary students – under the auspices of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP) – have...
Apr 6, 2021 | Adam Laats, Biblical Literalism, Bob Jones University, Bob Jones University v. United States, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Conversion Therapy, Department of Education, Evangelical Education, Gay Marriage, Gender Identity, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ abuse, Liberty University, Lucas Wilson, Messiah College, Moody Bible Institute, Obergefell v Hodges, Paul Southwick, Politics, Religious Exemption, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Safe Schools, Sexual Orientation, Slavery, The Cedarville Interpreter, Westmont College, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger “Meet the Plaintiffs” image courtesy of the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP), 2021. In the wake of the 2015 Supreme Court ruling (Obergefell v. Hodges) legalizing same-sex marriage, a good friend of mine predicted...
Sep 8, 2020 | AAUP, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Harold Heie, Inerrancy, John Fea, Liberty University, Messiah College, Secularism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Harold Heie. Photo via Respectful Conversations It is absolutely true that, as John Fea likes to point out, not all evangelical colleges are the same. Not all evangelical schools have signed on to Ken Ham’s uninspiring list of Creation Colleges....
Sep 1, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, BioLogos, Calvin University, Camille Lewis, Christianity Today, COVID-19, Creation Science, Donald Trump, Francis Collins, Grace Community Church, John MacArthur, Ken Ham, Messiah College, Observational Science, Politics, QAnon, Religion and Science, Righting America, Science, Westmont College, Wheaton College |
by William Trollinger In the Age of Trump it is very easy to imagine that white evangelicalism is a monolith. But when it comes to science, in general, and the pandemic, in particular, it turns out that it is not. In 2007 Francis Collins – who then was director of the...
