Sep 20, 2021 | #BlackLivesMatter, #ChurchToo, #MeToo Movement, Active-Passivism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Beth Moore, Christian Nationalism, Citizenship, Clifford Geertz, Complementarian Theology, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Digital Church, Digital Rhetorical Ethnography, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Founder's Rhetoric, Gender Roles, History and Politics, John Fea, Megachurches, Narrative Patterns, Religious Rhetorics, Republicans, Samuel Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Stephanie A. Martin, Thomas Frank, Trump Supporters, Uncategorized |
by Patrick Thomas Sam (Stephanie A. Martin) is a scholar of public address and political communication, with a particular interest in the public discourses of conservative social movements, especially evangelical voters. She has written or edited three books, most...
Jan 14, 2019 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Areligious, Ark Encounter Attendance, Blog Updates, Corinth Presbyterian Church, Donald Trump, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Evangelical Education, Faithland Map, Feminism, Flood Geology, Gender Roles, Herbie Miller, Immigration, Joel Osteen, Margaret Bendroth, Moody Bible Institute, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention, Taylor University, Tim Gloege, Zach Spidel |
by William Trollinger Faithland map, 2018. Created by Alex Egoshin using data provided by the Association of Religion Data Archives. 2018 was significant for the rightingamerica blog, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics featured, and the number of...
Sep 29, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Calvin College, Christian Colleges, Congregational Library, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Gender Roles, Institutional Religion, Margaret Bendroth, Righting America, Southern Baptist Convention |
by Margaret Bendroth One thing that the #MeToo movement and the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings have made blindingly clear is that sexual harassment/abuse is not simply or even primarily a matter of abusive individuals. Instead, it is very much about institutions – be they...
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...
Jul 9, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Evangelicals, J.D. Greear, Paige Patterson, Rodney Kennedy, Southern Baptist Convention, Wheaton College |
With the May 2018 firing of Paige Patterson as president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) the #MeToo movement hit the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) full force. But in response a group of wealthy donors – pledging their “absolute and...
Jul 5, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Fundamentalist U, J.D. Greear, Margaret Bendroth, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention |
by William Trollinger It appears the battle in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is just beginning. And that is not a surprise. At the most recent SBC convention in Dallas the moderate (or, somewhat less conservative) forces seemed to have carried the day, with...
