Aug 26, 2022 | Abeka Books, American History, Ancient World, Answers in Genesis, Apostles of Reason, Aristotle, Biblical Authority, Bob Jones University, Capitalism, Church History, Civil Rights Movement, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Fascism, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, History and Politics, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Martin Luther, Marxism, McCarthyism, Medieval History, Molly Worthen, Patricia Engler, Safe Schools, Secularism, Socialism, Thomas Aquinas, University of Dayton, White Supremacy, Women's Rights |
by William Trollinger Photo by Patricia Engler, via Answers in Genesis Sometimes this blog simply writes itself. A few weeks ago we ran a post on Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford, 2021). In this...
Oct 28, 2021 | American History, Answers in Genesis, Bible School, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Halloween, Ken Ham, Living Waters, Multnomah University, National Evangelism Day, Randall Balmer, Ray Comfort, Trick-or-Treat, University of Dayton |
by William Trollinger A screenshot from the Answers in Genesis Online Store featuring a National Evangelism Day resource by AiG’s Bodie Hodge. This semester here at the University of Dayton I am teaching my Ph.D. seminar on American Evangelicalism, with a...
Dec 19, 2018 | Birth of a Nation, Dayton, History, KKK, Ohio, Racism, University of Dayton, White Supremacy |
KKK Demonstration in Dayton, OH on September 21, 1923. Photo courtesy of Dayton Metro Library. 95 years ago today my home institution – the University of Dayton (UD) – was bombed. And while some specifics have changed, the general reasons why UD was bombed remain with...
Nov 16, 2018 | Answers in Genesis, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Flood Geology, Genesis, Historical Science, Inerrancy, KKK, Meghan Henning, Museums, Observational Science, Rhetoric, Righting America, Science, University of Dayton |
by William Trollinger What will happen to museums in this post-truth age? Is there a productive way in which to respond to culture war rhetoric? These were but two of the questions Sue and I were asked in response to our presentation last Wednesday on “Righting and...
Sep 15, 2018 | Blog Updates, Righting America, University of Dayton |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger In spring 2016, we launched the RACM (Righting America at the Creation Museum) website. One of the primary purposes of the site was to get word out about the publication of Righting America at the Creation Museum (by Susan...
May 17, 2018 | Ark Encounter, Creation Science, Culture War, Feminism, Fundamentalism, Gender Roles, Heteronormativity, Mary McLoughlin, Paternalism, University of Dayton |
by Mary McLoughlin Today’s post is from Mary McLoughlin, a sophomore at the University of Dayton studying English and Human Rights. She is particularly interested in the ethics of storytelling and how language and literature is used to mobilize the voices of...
