Apr 22, 2021 | 700 Club, Black Lives Matter, Conservatism, Criminal Justice Reform, Daunte Wright, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Joe Scarborough, Jon Meacham, Keith Ellison, Matthew Merringer, Pat Robertson, Peter Cahill, Police Brutality, Police Reform, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, White Evangelicals |
by Matthew Merringer Matthew Merringer is a Master Student at the University of Dayton in the Department of Religious Studies. He studies the history and politics of American Protestantism. His interests include radicals such as Dorothy Day, Jerry Falwell, and...
Jun 19, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Black Lives Matter, Confederate Statues, Fox News, George Floyd, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Papa Johns, Racial Justice, Racism, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tucker Carlson, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger SpongeBob SquarePants. Image courtesy of Nickelodeon. This past Saturday Nickolodeon celebrated Pride Month by very strongly suggesting that their popular cartoon character, SpongeBob SquarePants, is gay. LGBTQ+ activists immediately celebrated...
Oct 25, 2019 | Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Fundamentalism, History, Kelsey Lahr, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, Westmont College, White Jesus, White Supremacy |
by Kelsey Lahr Kelsey Lahr is a communication professor at Los Angeles Pacific University. Her scholarly interests include climate change communication and environmental rhetorics. She also works summers as a seasonal Ranger in Yosemite National Park. Her writing...
Oct 22, 2019 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Camille Lewis, Charles Ware, Ken Ham, Larry Smith, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, Righting America |
by William Trollinger Martin Luther King, Jr., three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, at a press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin. June 7, 1964. In August, Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis CEO) and Charles Ware (founder and...
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 contributor), Let’s admit the...
Sep 30, 2019 | American Exceptionalism, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, History, Poverty, Racial Justice, Samuel McDonald |
by William Trollinger Potosi Correctional Center. Photo (c) 2007 by Wikimedia Commons user Americasroof. CC BY-SA 3.0 On the evening of September 23, 1997 – before I was unceremoniously ushered into the observation booth in Missouri’s Potosi Correctional Center to...
