Oct 15, 2019 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Atheism, Blog Updates, Culture War, History, Ken Ham, Politics, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger “Logical Fallacy Referee- Ad Hominem” Image via KnowYourMeme. There have been quite a few responses on The Conversation website to Bill’s article on the 100 year anniversary of the fundamentalist movement....
Oct 2, 2019 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Death Penalty, Flood Geology, Politics, Racial Justice, Righting America, Robert Jeffress, Russell Fuller, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger “san marco florence 320” by Walwyn is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas, is a big fan of the death penalty. As he told Fox and Friends (where he is a regular...
Sep 17, 2019 | History, Kent State, KKK, May 4, 1970, Politics, Richard Margolis, Upheaval |
by William Trollinger Images from Richard Margolis’ exhibit Upheaval, 2019. Reproduced with permission from the artist. At its most basic level, history involves (as one of my mentors, Paul Conkin, used to say) trying to tell true stories about the past. This is...
Aug 30, 2019 | American History, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Culture War, David Barton, Earl Crown, Garrett Lear, Mayflower Compact, Michael Gerson, Patriot Pastor, Politics, Religious Rhetorics |
by Earl Crown Earl Crown is a doctoral student and graduate assistant in American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, where he also teaches American history and works at the Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies. His scholarly interests include 20th century...
Aug 23, 2019 | Christian Right, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, J.D. Greear, Paige Patterson, Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Slavery, Southern Baptist Convention, White Evangelicals |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Aug 19, 2019 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Carl R. Weinberg, Christian Right, Church and State, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Evolution, Ken Ham, Labor Unions, Marxism, National Education Association, Observational Science, Politics, Public Schools, Religion and Science, Rhetoric, Science, Secularism, Sin, Young Earth Creationism |
by Carl R. Weinberg Today’s post comes from Carl R. Weinberg, Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Indiana University in Bloomington. He is the author of Labor, Loyalty, and Rebellion: Southwestern Illinois...
