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Cheer Up! Warmer is Better!

by William Trollinger Aftermath of the fires in Lahaina, Hawaii. Image via mauinews.com. In his recent article, “Right-Wing Extremism is Going to Boil Us Alive,” Tom Engelhardt observes that  It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking...

The Christian Right, Dispensational Premillennialism, and Antisemitism

by William Trollinger  Bar Graph showing the rise in anti-semitic incidents in the United States: 2012 – 2021. Via the Anti-Defamation League. A few years ago I was interviewed by a reporter for a national Jewish publication who wanted my take on the fact...

So Much Good Stuff to Read (about Evangelicals and Donald Trump): Part Two

by William Trollinger One of the few benefits of the Donald Trump presidency that many smart journalists and scholars are now writing about white evangelicals in an effort to understand these Christians who make up his most loyal constituency. The challenge is that so...