May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
Feb 1, 2024 | Abraham, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Claus Westermann, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Creation Science, Flood Narrative, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jennifer Mercieca, Ken Ham, Moses, Noah's Ark, Noah's Flood, P.T. Barnum, Progressive Protestantism, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Cargill, Rowan Williams, Science, The Genesis Flood, Wilhelm Wundt, Young Earth Creationism |
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...
Oct 18, 2023 | American Flag, Amish, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Declaration of Independence, Dirk Willems, Hold Fast, Imagined Future, New Order Amish, Nostalgia, Old Order Amish, Pacifism, Peace, Pledge of Allegiance, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Selling the Amish, Tourism, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric |
by Susan Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. We are grateful to republish it here at rightingamerica. Gift items for sale in Walnut Creek, Ohio, in May 2023. Photo by Susan Trollinger Ohio’s Amish Country, located in...
Aug 22, 2023 | Alien vs. Predator, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Barbara Forest, Biblical Literalism, Category Mistake, Christian Right, Climate Change, Creation Science, Creationism, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, Intelligent Design, Ken Ham, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Left Behind, Mary Oliver, N. T. Wright, Of Pandas and People, Poetry, Rapture Ideology, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Burns, Rodney Kennedy, Rowan Williams, Science, Supreme Court, Troping |
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...
Aug 8, 2023 | Biblical Interpretation, Copia, Creation Science, Creationism, Dinosaurs, Diorama, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Duane Gish, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Fossils, Garden of Eden, Gish Gallop, Grand Canyon, Historical Science, Immersion, Institute for Creation Science, Interruption, Museums, Noah's Ark, Quantity vs Quality, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Rotation, Sensory Evidence, Southern Communication Journal, Visual Rhetoric |
by Emma Frances Bloomfield Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...
Jun 6, 2023 | Anna Young, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Bonnie Dow, Donald Trump, Evil, Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy, Jennifer Wingard, Joshua Gunn, Michael J. Steudeman, Paul Johnson, Political Rhetoric, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Ivie, Roderick Hart, Rodney Kennedy, Terry Eagleton, The Immaculate Mistake, Trump Supporters, Wizard of Oz Rule |
by Rodney Kennedy Photo illustration by Derreck Johnson. Photo by David Becker/Getty Images. Via Slate.com. 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...
