Sep 14, 2017 | Christian Right, Culture War, KKK, Racism |
by William Trollinger America, 2017. We have a vociferous and angry Christian Right, an ongoing and increasingly heated cultural argument over who is truly American and who is not, and a government campaign to close the borders and deport the unwanted. We have a...
Sep 1, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Right, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics, Racism, Randall Balmer, Righting America, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger In a blistering August 23 LA Times op-ed historian Randall Balmer makes the case that contemporary American evangelicalism is an ethical disaster. One example is the fact that in the 2016 election 81% of white evangelicals voted for a man who...
Dec 15, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Bodie Hodge, Creationism, Fundamentalism, History, Ken Ham, Racial Justice, Racism, Slavery, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger As we noted in our last post, Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG) expend a good deal of energy – in the Creation Museum and in their writings – making the case that racist hatred and intolerance is unbiblical. This would seem commendable,...
Dec 12, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Creationism, Donald Trump, Ken Ham, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, Uncategorized |
by William Trollinger In a recent blog post, “What ‘Race’ Are You?,” Ken Ham asserts that God’s Word makes it clear that there is only one race – the human race. We are all one big family – all descendants of one man and woman, Adam and Eve . . . Think how much our...
Nov 11, 2016 | Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Politics, Racism, Righting America, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Exit polling data reveal that white evangelicals voted for Trump by an overwhelming 81 to 16 percent margin. Evangelical support for Trump was particularly important in swing states such as Florida. To be sure, there are evangelicals who, like...
