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Marching Toward Sheol: The Sad Fate of MAGA 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. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...

Mark Massa’s Catholic Fundamentalism in America: Three Reviews

by Sean Swain Martin, Andrew McNeely, and Laura M. Tringali Book Cover for Mark S. Massa, S.J.’s Catholic Fundamentalism in America. Image via Amazon.  Editor’s Note: The phenomenon of Catholic fundamentalism is finally starting to receive the scholarly...

New Apostolic Reformation Evangelicals see Trump as God’s Warrior in their Battle to win America from Satanic Forces and Christianize It

by Art Jipson Art Jipson is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Dayton. His research areas include white racial extremism, social movements and collective behavior, white collar crime, fraud, and corporate crime, sociological and criminological...

Climate Change Denial for Creationist Kids

by Glenn Branch  Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

A Review of Ken Ham’s The Lie: Unravelling the Myth of Evolution/Millions of Years, and Why We Need to Pay Attention

by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...

The Ark and The Darkness: A Review

by Amanda Harpold Poster for The Art and the Darkness. Image via moviegoer.com. Amanda Harpold is a Ph.D. student at the University of Dayton. Her research interests have included patristic studies, as well as the practical theology of funeral homilies on...