Aug 23, 2019 | Christian Right, Culture War, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, J.D. Greear, Paige Patterson, Politics, Rodney Kennedy, Slavery, Southern Baptist Convention, 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 Dayton (OH)...
Jul 9, 2019 | Asylum Seekers, Children, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Emily Hunter McGowin, Feminism, intolerance, Quiverfull, Racial Justice, Racism, Refugees, Southern Baptist Convention, Wheaton, White Evangelicals |
by Emily Hunter McGowin Today’s post is from Emily Hunter McGowin, who is Associate Lecturer of Theology at Wheaton College. She is the author of Quivering Families: The Quiverfull Movement and Evangelical Theology of the Family. She holds a PhD in...
Jan 14, 2019 | #MeToo Movement, Adam Laats, Areligious, Ark Encounter Attendance, Blog Updates, Corinth Presbyterian Church, Donald Trump, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Evangelical Education, Faithland Map, Feminism, Flood Geology, Gender Roles, Herbie Miller, Immigration, Joel Osteen, Margaret Bendroth, Moody Bible Institute, Paige Patterson, Southern Baptist Convention, Taylor University, Tim Gloege, Zach Spidel |
by William Trollinger Faithland map, 2018. Created by Alex Egoshin using data provided by the Association of Religion Data Archives. 2018 was significant for the rightingamerica blog, both in the variety of authors’ voices and topics featured, and the number of...
Dec 24, 2018 | Al Mohler, Amy Laura Hall, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Calvanism, Complementarian Theology, Gospel of Austerity, Heteronormativity, Julian of Norwich, Southern Baptist Convention |
by William Trollinger One of the story lines in 21st-century evangelicalism has been the rise of the New Calvinists, a movement which comes, to quote a Time article on the phenomenon, “complete with an utterly sovereign and micromanaging deity, sinful and puny...
Oct 5, 2018 | Adam Laats, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Bill Hybels, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Genesis, Humana Vitae, Inerrancy, Paige Patterson, Papal Inerrancy, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Religious Absolutism, Sean Martin, Southern Baptist Convention, Theology of the Body |
by Sean Martin Sean Martin is a fifth-year theology doctoral student at the University of Dayton writing on Catholic fundamentalism and Scott Hahn. Sean and his wife, Beth, currently live in Cincinnati with their infant daughter, Gwen. Sean has an MA in philosophy...
Sep 29, 2018 | #MeToo Movement, Calvin College, Christian Colleges, Congregational Library, Elesha Coffman, Emily Hunter McGowin, Gender Roles, Institutional Religion, Margaret Bendroth, Righting America, Southern Baptist Convention |
by Margaret Bendroth One thing that the #MeToo movement and the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings have made blindingly clear is that sexual harassment/abuse is not simply or even primarily a matter of abusive individuals. Instead, it is very much about institutions – be they...
