Dec 5, 2023 | Age of the Earth, American Democracy, Ark Encounter, Authoritarian Populism, Baptist Distinctives, Bible Reading, Biblical Illiteracy, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Ellen Davis, Evangelical History, Evangelical Leaders, Evangelical Rhetoric, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Bible, James McClendon, Observational Science, Paul Combs, Religion and Politics, Richard Elliott Friedman, Rodney Kennedy, Science, University of Dayton |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Oct 18, 2023 | American Flag, Amish, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Declaration of Independence, Dirk Willems, Hold Fast, Imagined Future, New Order Amish, Nostalgia, Old Order Amish, Pacifism, Peace, Pledge of Allegiance, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Selling the Amish, Tourism, University of Dayton, Visual Rhetoric |
by Susan Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. We are grateful to republish it here at rightingamerica. Gift items for sale in Walnut Creek, Ohio, in May 2023. Photo by Susan Trollinger Ohio’s Amish Country, located in...
Sep 12, 2023 | Affirmative Action, American Exceptionalism, American History, Bias, Cancel Culture, Charlie Kirk, College Campus Climate, College Campus Groups, College Student Life, Conservatism, Conservative Ideology, Culture War, Dean's List, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Equity, Gen Z, Gender Identity, Harassment, Higher Education, History, History and Politics, Hyper-Nationalism, Immigration, Intercultural Competence, Intersectionality, Israel, Professor Watchlist, Propaganda, Racism, Reverse Racism, Safe Schools, Scarcity Mindset, School Board Watchlist, Slavery, Social Justice, Supreme Court, Tucker Hoffmann, Turning Point USA, University of Dayton, Western Civilization, White Supremacy, William Montgomery |
by Tucker James Hoffmann Tucker James Hoffmann is an undergraduate student at the University of Dayton. Under the mentorship of Drs. Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Jr., Tucker has written – among other works – “Gen Z Gen Free: The Rise of Christian Right...
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...
