Mar 21, 2024 | Anti-Vaxxers, Apocalypticism, Billy Graham, Charlie Kirk, Christian Nationalism, Clay Clark, Conspiracy Theories, COVID-19, Culture War, David Barton, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, Evangelical History, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Greg Locke, Jim Wright, Liberty University, Michael Flynn, Miroslav Volf, Rachel Denhollander, Ralph Reed, ReAwaken America Tour, Religion and Politics, Robert Jeffress, Rush Limbaugh, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, Tim Alberta, Trump Supporters, William Bell Riley |
By Andrew J. McNeely Andrew McNeely is a Ph.D. student in Theology at the University of Dayton. McNeely’s research interests include 19th and 20th century fundamentalism and evangelicalism at the intersections of theology, education, history, politics, and American...
Dec 5, 2023 | Age of the Earth, American Democracy, Ark Encounter, Authoritarian Populism, Baptist Distinctives, Bible Reading, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Ellen Davis, Evangelical History, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Bible, James McClendon, Observational Science, Paul Combs, Religion and Politics, Richard Elliott Friedman, Rodney Kennedy, Science, University of Dayton |
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 he...
Oct 31, 2023 | Anti-Abortion, Anti-Environmentalism, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Christian Nationalism, Constitution, Creation Museum, Culture War, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy, House Speaker, Joe Biden, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MAGA, Mike Johnson, Randall Balmer, Religion and Politics, Republicans, Rodney Kennedy, Secularism, Shreveport, The Immaculate Mistake, Trump Supporters, Women's Rights, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Donald Trump with newly elected Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson. Image via rightwingwatch.org. 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...
Jul 26, 2023 | Adrian Bardon, Age of the Earth, Anti-Vaxxers, Certainty, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservative Evangelicals, Consumerism, Creation Care, Dispensational Premillennialism, Donald Trump, Economics of Climate Change, Environmental Science, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, Heliocentrism, Higher Education, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Louise Huang, Man-made Climate Change, Martin Luther, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, Observational Science, Paris Agreement, Politics, Public Education, Rachel Roller, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Safe Schools, Science, Scientific Method, Sustainable Development Goals, Terry Defoe, Textbooks, The Genesis Flood, The Truth About Denial, Trump Supporters, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in Western Canada from 1982 to 2016, and who ministered to students on the campuses of the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author...
Jun 13, 2023 | Anti-Gay Hate, Anti-Gay Protests, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, Book Banning, Children, Drag Bans, Drag Queen Story Hour, Emily Johnson, Gay Pride, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Homophobia, Human Rights Campaign, LGBT Issues, LGBTQ+ abuse, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Pride, LGBTQ+ Rights, Matthew Shepard, Michelle Tea, Moms for Liberty, Moral Panic, National Center for Transgender Equality, Neo-Nazis, Politics, Proud Boys, Religion and Politics, Southern Poverty Law Center, Sybastian Smith, Transgender Youth, Westboro Baptist Church |
by Patrick Thomas Supporters in Palm Springs, California rally in protest to anti-drag legislation. April 18, 2023. Photo by Tara Gray at The Desert Sun. In 2023, the need to celebrate Pride month seems more urgent than usual. Given the increasing presence of far...
May 17, 2023 | A Secular Age, Adolf Hitler, American Democracy, American History, Biblical Literalism, Charles Taylor, Conservative Evangelicals, Dissent, Donald Trump, Evangelical History, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Gardner Taylor, Global Warming, Goldwater Rule, Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy, History and Politics, Hospitality, How (Not) to be Secular, James K. A. Smith, January 6, 2021, Kenneth Zagacki, LGBTQ+ Rights, Metaphor, Parrhesia, Political Rhetoric, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Rhetoric, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Secularism, Stanley Hauerwas, The Creative Power of Metaphor, The Immaculate Mistake, Trump Supporters, Vaclev Havel, Walt Whitman, White Evangelicals, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger 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...
