Jan 3, 2022 | Anti-Intellectualism, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Capitol Riot, Christian Ethics, Christian Right, Civility, Conservative Evangelicals, Darwin, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fascism, Insurrection, Israel, January 6, 2021, Peter Enns, Political Rhetoric, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Roe v. Wade, Secularism, Slavery, Social Media |
by Terry Defoe Rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 carry a flag saying “Jesus is my Savior. Trump is my President.” Image by Selcuk Acar via The New Republic. Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in...
Sep 20, 2021 | #BlackLivesMatter, #ChurchToo, #MeToo Movement, Active-Passivism, American Democracy, American Exceptionalism, American History, Beth Moore, Christian Nationalism, Citizenship, Clifford Geertz, Complementarian Theology, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Digital Church, Digital Rhetorical Ethnography, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, Founder's Rhetoric, Gender Roles, History and Politics, John Fea, Megachurches, Narrative Patterns, Religious Rhetorics, Republicans, Samuel Perry, Southern Baptist Convention, Stephanie A. Martin, Thomas Frank, Trump Supporters, Uncategorized |
by Patrick Thomas Sam (Stephanie A. Martin) is a scholar of public address and political communication, with a particular interest in the public discourses of conservative social movements, especially evangelical voters. She has written or edited three books, most...
Aug 19, 2021 | Biblical Literalism, Charles Murray, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Inerrancy, Jimmy Carter, Lance Wallnau, M.L. Mencken, Religion and Politics, Religious Rhetorics, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Southern Voters, The Immaculate Mistake, The Media, Uncategorized, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton...
Jul 23, 2021 | Areligious, Capitol Riot, Census of American Religion, Christian Right, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Culture War, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Immigration, Insurrection, James Heft, S.M., Jan Stets, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jesus, LGBT Issues, Politics, Racism, Religion and Politics, Religious Non-Affiliation, Religious Rhetorics, White Evangelicals, White Jesus |
by William Trollinger Update: This post is republished over at Red Letter Christians on July 30, 2021. A participant in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol poses with a Bible. Image credit: John Minchillo/AP via Word and Way . The headlines tell the...
Jul 15, 2021 | Beth Barr, Christian History, Church History, Complementarian Theology, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, History, Lynn Hybels, Memoir, Patriarchy, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, The Making of Biblical Womanhood, Vern Paythress, Wayne Grudem, Women and Religion |
by Susan Trollinger Beth Allison Barr (PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is professor of history and associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she specializes in medieval history, women’s history, and church...
Apr 12, 2021 | #AllLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter, Adolf Hitler, Billy James Hargis, Black Manifesto, Bob Jones, Bob Jones University, Camille Lewis, Carl McIntire, Christian Manifesto, Civil War, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, James Forman, Kenneth Burke, KKK, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Phil Snider, Religious Rhetorics, Southern Poverty Law Center, Uncategorized, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Camille Kaminski Lewis is, as of this fall, an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Rhetorical Studies with a minor in American Studies. Her...
