Jan 9, 2025 | Academic Minute, Amish, Ark Encounter, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, David Weaver-Zercher, New Order Amish, Nostalgia, NPR, Old Order Amish, Pacifism, Selling the Amish, Tourism, Visual Rhetoric, White Christian Nationalism |
Susan Trollinger is Professor of English at the University of Dayton. Among other publications, she is the author of Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia (Johns Hopkins, 2012). She is also co-author (with William Trollinger) of Righting America at the Creation...
Aug 6, 2024 | Apparitions, Christian Nationalism, Dominicans, Donald Trump, Franciscans, Lauren Windsor, LGBTQ+ Pride, LGBTQ+ Rights, Martha-Ann Alito, Political Symbols, Politics, Pride Flag, Religion and Politics, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Sacred Heart of Jesus Flag, Samuel A. Alito, St. Margaret Mary, Supreme Court, Trump Supporters, Tucker Hoffman, Visual Rhetoric |
by Tucker James Hoffmann Tucker James Hoffmann is a graduate student at the University of Georgia in the Rhetorical Studies program housed in the school of Communication Studies. During his undergraduate tenure at the University of Dayton, Tucker worked closely...
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 8, 2024 | Anti-Environmentalism, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Communication Failures, COVID-19, Creation Science, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Evolution, Historical Science, Misinformation, Museums, Religion and Science, Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Science, Science, Science v. Story, Scientific Communication, Scientific Creationism, Stephen O'Leary, Vaccination, Visual Rhetoric |
by Emma Frances Bloomfield Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...
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...
Aug 8, 2023 | Biblical Interpretation, Copia, Creation Science, Creationism, Dinosaurs, Diorama, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Duane Gish, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Fossils, Garden of Eden, Gish Gallop, Grand Canyon, Historical Science, Immersion, Institute for Creation Science, Interruption, Museums, Noah's Ark, Quantity vs Quality, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Rotation, Sensory Evidence, Southern Communication Journal, Visual Rhetoric |
by Emma Frances Bloomfield Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...
