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...
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...
Jun 23, 2021 | ACLU, Albert Mohler, Apocalypticism, Cedarville University, Culture War, Demonized Populism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Historical Science, History and Politics, Michael J Lee, Politics, Populism, Purity, Restorationism, Rhetoric, Richard Hofstadter, Rodney Kennedy, Socialism, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Cedarville Interpreter |
by Rodney Kennedy 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 (OH)...
Mar 29, 2021 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Barry Hankins, Christian Nationalism, Christian Right, Christianity Today, Climate Skeptics, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, David Barton, Devil, Donald Trump, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Franklin Graham, Fundamentalism, Islamophobia, J. Frank Norris, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., John Fea, Ken Ham, Kenneth R. Miller, Liberty University, Pat Robertson, Paula White, Politics, Rapture Ideology, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Jeffress, 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. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Mar 5, 2021 | Capitol Riot, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Euripides, Evangelicals, Exile, Flannery O'Connor, Insurrection, Metanoia, Michel Foucault, Parrhesia, Politics, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, White Evangelicals |
By Rodney Kennedy 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...
Jan 5, 2021 | Ad Hominem Attacks, American History, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Civil War, Confederate Statues, David Blight, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, Georgia Purdom, History, Jim Crow, Lost Cause Discourse, Reconstruction, Rhetoric, Righting America, Secession, Slavery, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger Statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, VA. Photo by Salwan Georges of The Washington Post (2020) The other day, I was reading David Blight’s fine book, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, in preparation for a project that I am going...
