Oct 31, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Facebook, Fundamentalism, Hell, Intersectionality, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, Noah's Flood, Parler, Proof-Texting, Righting America, Social Justice, Social Media, Statement of Faith, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from Ken Ham’s Facebook page, with a quote from the Gospel of Matthew and linking to a Fox News story. Image via Facebook. One of the distinctive ways in which fundamentalists make use of the Bible is proof-texting, i.e., pulling...
Oct 4, 2022 | Battle of Gettysburg, Benedict Arnold, Christian Nationalism, Church and State, Civil War, Conservatism, Conservative Evangelicals, David Barton, David Sofian, First Amendment, First Baptist Church of Dallas, George Pickett, George Washington, John Fea, Religion and Politics, Repairer of the Breach, Revolutionary War, Robert E. Lee, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Rolling Stone, The Wallbuilders, Watchman Decree, White Evangelicals, Will Campbell, William “Dutch” Sheets |
by Rodney Kennedy Screenshot of “Daily Prayer with Dutch” by William “Dutch” Sheets. 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...
Aug 30, 2022 | 3 Quarks Daily, Adam and Eve, Allosaurus, Answers in Genesis, Association for Biblical Astronomy, Atonement, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, BioLogos, Bryan College, Calvin College, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Darwin, Deborah Haarsma, Dennis Venema, Diorama, Dragon Legends, Evangelical Education, Evangelical History, Evolution, Flat Earther, Flood Geology, Genesis, Henry Morris, Historical Science, History, History and Politics, Hope Ministries, Institute for Creation Science, John MacArthur, Ken Ham, Martin Luther King, Jr., Museums, Natural History, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, Old Earth Creationism, Paul Braterman, Politics, Racism, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Righting America, Ronald Numbers, Safe Schools, Science, Scopes Trial, Six-Day Creation, Staring Points, Uncategorized, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by Paul Braterman Editor’s Note: Below is Dr. Paul Braterman’s review of Righting America at the Creation Museum. For us, the best part of this generous review is that Braterman covers and understands all parts of our argument. More than this, we...
Aug 4, 2022 | 1776 Commission, American Exceptionalism, American History, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Capitalism, Christian Nationalism, Confederacy, Critical Race Theory, Culture War, Evangelical History, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Textbooks, Hijacking History, Historiography, History, History and Politics, History of Science, Kathleen Wellman, Lost Cause Myth, Makin v. Carson, Politics, Public Education, Religion and Politics, Religious Freedom, Rhetoric, Slavery, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards, Texas Freedom Network, Universal Healthcare, Western Colonialism, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Book cover for Kathleen Wellman’s Hijacking History: How the Christian Right Teaches History and Why It Matters (Oxford University Press, 2021). Kathleen Wellman is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of History and Altshuler...
Jul 19, 2022 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Cryptozoology, Culture War, Dragon Legends, Evangelical Education, Genesis, Hireath, History, History of Science, Ken Ham, Museum of the Bible, Natural History, Nazca Lines, Old Earth Creationism, Paul Thomas, Post-Truth, Pseudoarcheology, Reception Studies, Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and the Museum of the Bible, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Book Cover of Storytelling the Bible at the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and Museum of the Bible (T&T Clark, 2020). Paul Brian Thomas is Professor of Religious and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Radford. He...
Jun 15, 2022 | American History, Biblical Interpretation, Billy Graham, Civil Rights Movement, Colorblindness, George Wallace, History, J. Russell Hawkins, Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jim Crow, Race and Religion, Racial Justice, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Southern White Evangelicals, The Bible Told Them So, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger J. Russell (“Rusty”) Hawkins is Professor of Humanities and History in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University. He is also author of The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy, which...
