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The Ark and The Darkness: A Review

Apr 2, 2024 | Amanda Harpold, Answers in Genesis, Apologetics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Science, Dinosaurs, eschatology, Flood Geology, Flood Narrative, Genesis 1-11, Genesis: Paradise Lost, Liberty University, Noah's Ark, Observational Science, Ralph Strean, Religion and Science, Rhetoric of Science, Science, Secularism, The Ark and the Darkness | 2 comments

by Amanda Harpold Poster for The Art and the Darkness. Image via moviegoer.com. Amanda Harpold is a Ph.D. student at the University of Dayton. Her research interests have included patristic studies, as well as the practical theology of funeral homilies on...

Between the Progressives and the Fundamentalist Young Earth Creationists: How to Understand the Story of Noah and the Flood

Feb 1, 2024 | Abraham, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Claus Westermann, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Creation Science, Flood Narrative, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jennifer Mercieca, Ken Ham, Moses, Noah's Ark, Noah's Flood, P.T. Barnum, Progressive Protestantism, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Cargill, Rowan Williams, Science, The Genesis Flood, Wilhelm Wundt, Young Earth Creationism | 4 comments

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...

Quantity over Quality: Creationist Copia at the Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History

Aug 8, 2023 | Biblical Interpretation, Copia, Creation Science, Creationism, Dinosaurs, Diorama, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Duane Gish, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Fossils, Garden of Eden, Gish Gallop, Grand Canyon, Historical Science, Immersion, Institute for Creation Science, Interruption, Museums, Noah's Ark, Quantity vs Quality, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Rotation, Sensory Evidence, Southern Communication Journal, Visual Rhetoric | 7 comments

by Emma Frances Bloomfield  Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...