Aug 4, 2026 | American History, Americanism, Anti-Catholicism, Dayton Daily News, Domestic Terrorism, Second Ku Klux Klan, Tony Kilmek, University of Dayton, White Christian Nationalism |
by Tony Klimek Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Dayton Daily News. We are grateful for permission to share it on RightingAmerica. Tony Klimek is a retired engineer who regular columnist for the Dayton Daily News. Image of the Ku Klux Klan...
Oct 8, 2024 | Answers in Genesis, Atmospheric Science, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Environmental Science, Heat Dome, Heat Waves, Historical Science, Jet Stream, Man-made Climate Change, Rhetoric of Science, Rossby Waves, Science, Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation, University of Dayton, Weather |
by Shuang-Ye Wu The folks at Answers in Genesis (AiG) work overtime to deny the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Attacking scientists who make this case as “climate alarmists” who are part of a “climate cult,” AiG has produced a raft of publications all...
Sep 17, 2024 | Capital Punishment, College of the Ozarks, Death Penalty, Racial Justice, Robert Jordan, Samuel McDonald, Social Justice, Supreme Court, University of Dayton |
by William Trollinger Flyer for panel discussion, “Is This Justice?: Stories of Death Row” (Tuesday, September 27, 2024), moderated by William Trollinger. Next Tuesday evening the University of Dayton Campus Ministry, the Catholic Mobilizing Network,...
Aug 30, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Biblical Law, Christian Nationalism, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Doug Wilson, Fight Laugh Feast, Heath Druzin, Jemar Tisby, Jesus and John Wayne, Ken Ham, KKK, NPR, Patriarchy, Public Religion Research Institute, Republicans, Second Ku Klux Klan, University of Dayton, Voting Rights, White Evangelical Racism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of the Fight Laugh Feast 2023 Conference at Ark Encounter. According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 29% of Americans and 50% of Republicans are full-blown Christian nationalists or Christian nationalist sympathizers....
May 20, 2024 | Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Artistic License, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Noah, Noah's Flood, Religious Rhetorics, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
Compiled by Susan Trollinger University of Dayton students visit Ark Encounter. Image by Susan Trollinger, 2024. This spring, I taught a class in which we devoted a unit to studying the arguments and visual/material rhetorics of Protestant fundamentalism. We enjoyed...
Feb 23, 2024 | Biblical Literalism, Certainty, Creation Science, Genesis, Rhetoric of Science, Righting America, University of Dayton, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan and William Trollinger As part of the 2023-2024 Science and Faith Series here at the University of Dayton, we are giving this presentation on Wednesday, February 28, 4.00-5.00 pm in Sears Recital Hall, Jesse Phillips Humanities Center. The event is...
