Mar 24, 2026 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Anti-Communism, Barry Hankins, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Christianity and the Social Crisis, David Barton, Donald Trump, Evangelical History, Evangelicals, Evolution, Franklin Roosevelt, God's Empire, God's Rascal, J. Frank Norris, James Talarico, Joseph McCarthy, Katherine Lee Bates, MAGA Evangelicals, Prosperity Gospel, Robert Jeffress, Rodney Kennedy, Social Gospel, Socialism, Socrates, Walter Rauschenbusch, War, William Bell Riley |
by Rodney Kennedy 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 Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Mar 21, 2024 | Anti-Vaxxers, Apocalypticism, Billy Graham, Charlie Kirk, Christian Nationalism, Clay Clark, Conspiracy Theories, COVID-19, Culture War, David Barton, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, Evangelical History, Evangelical Industrial Complex, Evangelical Rhetoric, Evangelicals, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Greg Locke, Jim Wright, Liberty University, Michael Flynn, Miroslav Volf, Rachel Denhollander, Ralph Reed, ReAwaken America Tour, Religion and Politics, Robert Jeffress, Rush Limbaugh, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, Tim Alberta, Trump Supporters, William Bell Riley |
By Andrew J. McNeely Andrew McNeely is a Ph.D. student in Theology at the University of Dayton. McNeely’s research interests include 19th and 20th century fundamentalism and evangelicalism at the intersections of theology, education, history, politics, and American...
Jan 4, 2023 | Adolf Hitler, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, American Jews, Anchor Baptist Church, Anti-Semitism, Antichrist, Christian Right, Dispensational Premillennialism, Eric Alterman, God's Empire, Israel, Jerry Falwell, Sr., John Hagee, John Nelson Darby, Judaism, Mike Elliott, Pensacola Bible Institute, Rapture Ideology, Revelation, The Nation, Tim LaHaye, Tribulation, White Evangelicals, William Bell Riley |
by William Trollinger Bar Graph showing the rise in anti-semitic incidents in the United States: 2012 – 2021. Via the Anti-Defamation League. A few years ago I was interviewed by a reporter for a national Jewish publication who wanted my take on the fact...
Aug 17, 2022 | Adolf Hitler, American Creationism, Answers in Genesis, Anticommunism, Blackjewel LLC, Capitalism, Carl R. Weinberg, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, Conservatism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Darwin, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, Eugenics, Evolution, EvolutionNews, Fundamentalism, George McCready Price, God's Empire, Henry Ford, Henry Morris, History, History and Politics, Intelligent Design, J. Frank Norris, Karl Marx, Racism, Red Dynamite, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Richard Weikart, Trump Supporters, Wedge Document, William Bell Riley |
by Carl R. Weinberg Carl R. Weinberg is Teaching Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Indiana University Bloomington, where he is also the Director of the PACE Institute for Role-Immersive...
Sep 6, 2021 | American Creationism, Answers in Genesis, Anticommunism, Bodie Hodge, Butler Act, Carl R. Weinberg, Clarence Darrow, Conservative Evangelicals, Creationism, Culture War, Darwin, David Goldstein, Donald Trump, Evolution, Frederick Engels, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Science, J. Frank Norris, John Scopes, Karl Marx, Ken Ham, Labor Battles, Martha Moore Avery, Marxism, Red Dynamite, Religion and Science, Robert Jeffress, Satanism, Science, Scopes Trial, Secularism, Social Evolution, Socialism, William Bell Riley, William Jennings Bryan, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Book Cover for Carl R. Weinberg’s Red Dynamite: Creationism: Culture Wars, and Anticommunism in America (2021, Cornell University Press) Carl R. Weinberg is Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor...
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...
