Nov 21, 2023 | Abortion, Conservatism, Conservative Ideology, Diversity, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fascism, Food Insecurity, Gay Marriage, George Lakoff, Love, Meritocracy, Metaphor, Metonymy, Mike Johnson, Patriarchy, Prodigal Son, Religious Fascism, Rodney Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, SNAP Benefits, Strict Father Metaphor, The Political Mind, Welfare Queen |
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...
Feb 10, 2023 | 606, Faithful Remnant, Mennonite Women, Miriam Toews, Patriarchy, Religious Conservatism, Sarah Polley, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Women and Religion, Women Talking |
Susan Trollinger Still from the trailer to Sarah Polley’s Women Talking (2022). I was silent for something like two years. He terrorized me. Central to the terror was that I never knew exactly when he would come after me. What I knew was that he would. It might...
Jan 11, 2023 | Abeka Books, Abeka Publishing, American History, American Pope, Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Bill Hybels, Catholic Fundamentalism, Cedarville University, Christian History, Creation Science, Dan Phelps, Environmental Science, Evangelical History, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gender Roles, Hijacking History, History and Politics, John MacArthur, Judgment, Kathleen Wellman, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Natural History, Paleontology Society, Patriarchy, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Righting America, Scott Hahn, Sean Martin, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, The Coming Storm, The Village Church, Thomas White, Trey Smith, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown, Willow Creek Community Church, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of visitors/viewers. Regarding the latter,...
Oct 19, 2022 | Alt-Right, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Creation Science, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Darwin, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Facebook, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gab, Gavin Newsome, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Genesis, Gettr, Gun Control, Health Care, Hurricane Ian, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MeWe, Neo-Nazis, Oath Keepers, Parler, Patriarchy, Poverty, QAnon, Racism, Science, Secularism, Sexual Abuse, Stacey Abrams, Vacation Bible School, White Nationalists, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’s September 24, 2022 Facebook post featuring the carousel at Ark Encounter. Image via Facebook. I did this painful work, so you don’t have to. Over the past few months it became increasingly clear that, for me to...
May 24, 2022 | #BlackLivesMatter, Acts 29, Ark Encounter, Cedarville University, COVID-19, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Gender Roles, Grace Community Church, Harvest Bible Chapel, Inerrancy, James McDonald, Jerry Falwell Jr., John MacArthur, John Street, Julie Roys, Ken Ham, Liberty University, Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, Patriarchy, QAnon, Ravi Zacharias, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Southern Baptist Convention, Thomas White, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger A screenshot of Ken Ham’s post to Facebook on John McArthur’s “Truth Matters!” Conference. Image via Facebook. It’s hard to imagine that anyone outside the Christian Right bubble is unaware of the fact that white...
Jul 15, 2021 | Beth Barr, Christian History, Church History, Complementarian Theology, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, History, Lynn Hybels, Memoir, Patriarchy, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, The Making of Biblical Womanhood, Vern Paythress, Wayne Grudem, Women and Religion |
by Susan Trollinger Beth Allison Barr (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is professor of history and associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she specializes in medieval history, women’s history, and church...
