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 Right....
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 celebrated...
Jun 5, 2020 | Ahmaud Arbery, Answers in Genesis, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Breonna Taylor, Charlottesville, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Culture War, George Floyd, Jesus, Ken Ham, Police Brutality, Racism, Sin, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Photo Credit: Allie Caren, Washington Post (2020) In late 2007, we were asked by Mike Castle, then pastor at Cross Creek Church here in Dayton, to give a presentation on Evolution Sunday (which in 2008 was February 10). In...
Jun 2, 2020 | Ahmaud Arbery, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Ark Encounter Attendance, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Breonna Taylor, Charlottesville, Complementarian Theology, Creation Museum, Darwin, Fundamentalism and Gender, Gay Marriage, Gender Roles, George Floyd, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Racism, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger George Floyd, who died May 25th, 2020 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for at least seven minutes. Photo from Facebook via Wikimedia Commons. So, when does silence equal racism? As everyone knows by now, on the evening of May 25, in...
May 26, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Central State University, Christian Colleges, Franklin Graham, Fundamentalism, Higher Learning Commission, Joy White, Julie L. Moore, Julie Roys, Loren Reno, Mark DeMoss, Megan Lively, Paige Patterson, Racism, Ruth Lowrie Markham, Sexual Harassment, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Thomas Mach, Thomas White, Title IX, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, Willow Creek Community Church |
by William Trollinger Thomas White, president of Cedarville University with Founders Hall in the background on May 6, 2014. (Columbus Dispatch photo by Tom Dodge) Here is the short version of the Cedarville scandal. (For the full version, see here, here, and here.)...
Oct 25, 2019 | Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Fundamentalism, History, Kelsey Lahr, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism, Westmont College, White Jesus, White Supremacy |
by Kelsey Lahr Kelsey Lahr is a communication professor at Los Angeles Pacific University. Her scholarly interests include climate change communication and environmental rhetorics. She also works summers as a seasonal Ranger in Yosemite National Park. Her writing...
