Sep 8, 2020 | AAUP, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Culture War, Donald Trump, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Harold Heie, Inerrancy, John Fea, Liberty University, Messiah College, Secularism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger Harold Heie. Photo via Respectful Conversations It is absolutely true that, as John Fea likes to point out, not all evangelical colleges are the same. Not all evangelical schools have signed on to Ken Ham’s uninspiring list of Creation Colleges....
Aug 28, 2020 | Bob Jones, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Ernest Sandeen, Fundamentalism, George Marsden, God's Empire, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jerry Falwell, Sr., John Fea, John R. Rice, Liberty University, New Social History, Northwestern Bible School, Racism, Scopes Trial, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, William Bell Riley, World's Christian Fundamentals Association |
by William Trollinger William Bell Riley. Photo courtesy of Minneapolis Star-Tribune. I will get to Jerry Falwell, Jr. in a moment. But first, a look at the first great fundamentalist emperor. I fell in love with the “new social history” at the University of...
Aug 21, 2020 | Camille Lewis, Carl Sandburg, Costi Hinn, Culture War, Evangelicals, Jesus, John MacArthur, Religion and Science, Science, White Evangelicals |
by Camille Lewis Camille Kaminski Lewis is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in Rhetorical Studies with a minor in American Studies....
Jul 24, 2020 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Aristotle, Bible, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Culture War, Enthymeme, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Genesis, Historical Science, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics, Science, Secularism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP...
Jul 10, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Carolyn Renee Dupont, Christian Right, Creationism, Culture War, Darwin, Evangelicals, Evolution, Feminism, Frances FitzGerald, Jerry Falwell, Sr., Jonathan Edwards, Ken Ham, Racism, Religious Rhetorics, Secularism, Sin, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Jerry Falwell, Sr. Photo by William Sauro of the New York Times. In her magisterial work, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, Frances FitzGerald brilliantly explains a dynamic at the very heart of the contemporary Christian...
Jun 19, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Black Lives Matter, Confederate Statues, Fox News, George Floyd, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Papa Johns, Racial Justice, Racism, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tucker Carlson, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger SpongeBob SquarePants. Image courtesy of Nickelodeon. This past Saturday Nickolodeon celebrated Pride Month by very strongly suggesting that their popular cartoon character, SpongeBob SquarePants, is gay. LGBTQ+ activists immediately...
