Feb 24, 2026 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Jeffery Epstein, Joe Biden, Kali Holloway, Ken Ham, Pedophilia, QAnon, Racism, Sexual Abuse, Steve Bannon, The Coming Storm, Trey Smith, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Answers in Genesis’ representation of a “secular” worldview. Ken Ham’s silence is deafening. And so revealing. For those who don’t know, QAnon (quoting from Britannica) is a conspiracy theory originating in forum posts on...
May 4, 2023 | Bob Jones University, Cedarville University, Evangelical Education, Jemar Tisby, Jewerl Maxwell, Julie L. Moore, Michael Lindsay, Mike Pence, Racial Justice, Racism, Safe Schools, Sexual Abuse, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Taylor University, The Color of Compromise, White Evangelical Racism |
by William Trollinger Entry to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Image via Star 106.9. As one who taught for eight years at a “moderate” evangelical university, I speak from personal experience when I say that the gap between so-called moderate evangelical schools...
Feb 17, 2023 | Asbury University, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Evangelical Education, Protest, Revival, Safe Schools, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, Thomas White, Title IX |
Image of Survivors Protesting at Cedarville University. Image credit: Emilie Schulze. (This was written in response to Cedarville University President Dr. Thomas White’s February 13th chapel. All quotes are taken directly from his message.) I’ll begin with the legal...
Feb 10, 2023 | 606, Faithful Remnant, Mennonite Women, Miriam Toews, Patriarchy, Religious Conservatism, Sarah Polley, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Women and Religion, Women Talking |
Susan Trollinger Still from the trailer to Sarah Polley’s Women Talking (2022). I was silent for something like two years. He terrorized me. Central to the terror was that I never knew exactly when he would come after me. What I knew was that he would. It might...
Jan 11, 2023 | Abeka Books, Abeka Publishing, American History, American Pope, Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Bill Hybels, Catholic Fundamentalism, Cedarville University, Christian History, Creation Science, Dan Phelps, Environmental Science, Evangelical History, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gender Roles, Hijacking History, History and Politics, John MacArthur, Judgment, Kathleen Wellman, Kentucky Paleontological Society, Natural History, Paleontology Society, Patriarchy, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Righting America, Scott Hahn, Sean Martin, Sexual Abuse, Slavery, The Coming Storm, The Village Church, Thomas White, Trey Smith, We Believe in Dinosaurs, Williamstown, Willow Creek Community Church, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Exterior of Ark Encounter. Image by Susan L. Trollinger (March 15, 2022). It was another good year for rightingamerica, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics, and in the number and variety of visitors/viewers. Regarding the latter,...
Oct 19, 2022 | Alt-Right, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Apologetics, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Literalism, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Creation Science, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Darwin, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Facebook, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Gab, Gavin Newsome, Gender Identity, Gender Roles, Genesis, Gettr, Gun Control, Health Care, Hurricane Ian, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, MeWe, Neo-Nazis, Oath Keepers, Parler, Patriarchy, Poverty, QAnon, Racism, Science, Secularism, Sexual Abuse, Stacey Abrams, Vacation Bible School, White Nationalists, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’s September 24, 2022 Facebook post featuring the carousel at Ark Encounter. Image via Facebook. I did this painful work, so you don’t have to. Over the past few months it became increasingly clear that, for me to...
