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 29, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Capitalism, Christian Nationalism, Culture War, Genesis, Jesus, Joe Biden, Judgment, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Rights, Noah's Flood, Secularism, The Conversation, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger According to Ken Ham, Joe Biden and his ilk are “The Enemy.” As it was in the days of Noah, so it is now. And damnation is coming. The year after Ark Encounter opened in 2016, Answers in Genesis (AiG) put out a booklet entitled A Pocket Guide to...
May 31, 2022 | Abortion, Answers in Genesis, Buffalo, Christian Right, Civil Rights Movement, Colorblind Individualism, Colorblindness, Gender Identity, George Floyd, Insurrection, J. Russell Hawkins, January 6, 2021, Joe Biden, Ken Ham, One Blood, One Race, Politics, Racism, Religion and Politics, Segregationist Chrisitianity, Sin, Slavery, The Age of Fracture, The Bible Told Them So, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Cover Image for The Bible Told Them So: How Souther Evangelicals Fought to Preserve White Supremacy by J. Russell Hawkins (Oxford University Press, 2021) In his terrific 2021 book, The Bible Told Them So: How Southern Evangelicals Fought to...
Aug 30, 2021 | Barack Obama, Biblical Literalism, Carolyn Renee Dupont, Civil War, Fundamentalism, Insurrection, Jason Whitlock, Joe Biden, Ken Ham, Mark Noll, QAnon, Racism, Reconstruction, Satanism, Slavery, Tucker Carlson, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Screenshot from Ken Ham’s August 26, 2021 Facebook post. Every time I think that Ken Ham cannot go any lower, he does. And he takes his followers with him. On his Facebook page, Ham posted this image of a Daily Wire article entitled...
Aug 6, 2021 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, American History, Black History, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Donald Trump, History and Politics, Insurrection, Joe Biden, Kevin Kruse, Plagiarism, Racism, Reconstruction, Slavery, Strom Thurmond, Timothy Snyder, Tom Cotton, Tucker Carlson, White Evangelicals, White Fragility, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Women for Segregation. Image via the Equal Justice Initiative. One thing is for certain. White Americans need lots of tender loving care. The latest campaign to prop up white folks has its origins in the furious response to the 1619 Project, a...
Apr 12, 2021 | #AllLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter, Adolf Hitler, Billy James Hargis, Black Manifesto, Bob Jones, Bob Jones University, Camille Lewis, Carl McIntire, Christian Manifesto, Civil War, Demagoguery and Democracy, Donald Trump, Franklin Graham, James Forman, Kenneth Burke, KKK, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Phil Snider, Religious Rhetorics, Southern Poverty Law Center, Uncategorized, White Evangelicals, White Nationalism, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger Camille Kaminski Lewis is, as of this fall, an Assistant Professor 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. Her...
