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Flags, Snakes, Jesus, and Insurrection

Jan 19, 2021 | Capitol Riot, Confederacy, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Insurrection, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus 2020, Jesus Flags, Moses, Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Serpent, White Jesus | 0 comments

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)...

The Strange, Closed Cosmos of Evangelical Secularism

Nov 12, 2020 | A Secular World, Charles Taylor, Christian Nationalism, Conservative Evangelicals, Donald Trump, Elections, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fear, Imagined Communities, John Fea, Paula White, Religious Imagination, Rodney Kennedy, Secularism, Secularization, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy | 2 comments

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)...

Jerry Falwell, Jr. Unzipped His Pants for the Camera . . . But It’s Not About Sex

Aug 14, 2020 | Anthony Moore, Aristotle, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Heteronormativity, Jerry Falwell Jr., Kenneth Burke, Liberty University, Rodney Kennedy, Secularism, Thomas White | 0 comments

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)...

Charles Taylor and the Disenchanted World of Fundamentalism

May 19, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Catholicism, Charles Taylor, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Genesis, George Marsden, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Immanent Frame, Intelligent Design, James K. A. Smith, Ken Ham, Observational Science, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Scopes Trial, Secularism, Young Earth Creationism | 0 comments

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...

A Scopes Trial Redux: Evolution, Coronavirus, and the Evangelical War on Science

Apr 10, 2020 | Biblical Interpretation, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Creation Science, David Lindberg, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelicals, Evolution, George Marsden, History, Jerry Falwell Jr., Ken Ham, Liberty University, Religion and Science, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Scopes Trial, Stay-at-Home order, The River Church | 0 comments

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)...

Endangering the Least of These: A Word From the (Evangelical) World of Wrestling

Mar 20, 2020 | Christian Colleges, Christian Right, College Sports, COVID-19, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University, Religion and Science, Rodney Kennedy, Science | 0 comments

by William Trollinger Photo Credit: Smiley N. Pool, Staff Photographer, Dallas Morning News While the NCAA responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by shutting down all sporting events (including March Madness for both men’s and women’s teams), the National Collegiate...