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A Black Evangelical Has Schooled Ken Ham on Race and Racism . . . and Ken is Not Pleased

Oct 22, 2019 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Camille Lewis, Charles Ware, Ken Ham, Larry Smith, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, Righting America | 5 comments

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...

“Pro-Life” Christian Right Loves the Death Penalty

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 | 0 comments

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...

Ken Ham Proves the Point: For Evangelicals, Every Child is a Gift, Except When They Aren’t

Jul 15, 2019 | Abortion, Adoption, Asylum Seekers, Children, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Emily Hunter McGowin, Euthanasia, Evangelicals, Gender Roles, intolerance, John Pavlovitz, Ken Ham, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, Refugees, Sex Trafficking, White Evangelicals | 0 comments

by William Trollinger 2-year-old Yanela Sanchez and her mother, Sandra Sanchez, taken into custody June 12, 2018. Photo credit: John Moore (via Getty Images) In the previous post, “Every Child is a Gift . . . Except When They Aren’t,”  Emily...

Every Child is a Gift…Except When They Aren’t

Jul 9, 2019 | Asylum Seekers, Children, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Emily Hunter McGowin, Feminism, intolerance, Quiverfull, Racial Justice, Racism, Refugees, Southern Baptist Convention, Wheaton, White Evangelicals | 0 comments

by Emily Hunter McGowin Today’s post is from Emily Hunter McGowin, who  is Associate Lecturer of Theology at Wheaton College. She is the author of Quivering Families: The Quiverfull Movement and Evangelical Theology of the Family. She holds a PhD in...