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...
Jan 5, 2021 | Ad Hominem Attacks, American History, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Civil War, Confederate Statues, David Blight, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gender Roles, Georgia Purdom, History, Jim Crow, Lost Cause Discourse, Reconstruction, Rhetoric, Righting America, Secession, Slavery, Visual Rhetoric, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger Statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, VA. Photo by Salwan Georges of The Washington Post (2020) The other day, I was reading David Blight’s fine book, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, in preparation for a project that I am going...
