Jun 9, 2016 | Amish, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Young Earth Creationism |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Greetings from the 2016 Amish Studies Conference at Elizabethtown College! As we’re taking part in this week’s conference, Continuity and Change: 50 Years of Amish Society, we’d like to share an excerpt...
Jun 6, 2016 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Observational Science, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Adam Laats RACM is very pleased to showcase our first guest post! Historian and author Adam Laats offers his insights on the history of mainstream science in creationist education and the difficulty this history poses for evangelical parents eager to provide their...
Jun 3, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, History, Ken Ham, Politics, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger When Donald Trump purchased a golf club on the Potomac River in 2009 he not only redesigned the club’s two courses. He also installed a flagpole above the river, with a plaque containing the Trump family crest and — as reported in the New...
May 24, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Note: This post is a continuation of last week’s discussion about judgment and evangelical colleges and universities. A specter is haunting evangelical higher education. Evangelical and fundamentalist schools are tuition-driven...
May 20, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Christian Colleges, Christian Right, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Ken Ham, Randall Balmer, Righting America, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger In his forthcoming book, Evangelicalism in America, Randall Balmer tells the story of addressing a group of Christian college presidents. When the discussion turned to the question of what they feared most in their jobs, Balmer reasonably...
May 17, 2016 | Amish, Bible, Creation Museum, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Selling the Amish, Young Earth Creationism |
As we visited the Creation Museum seven times to write our book, we encountered a number of surprising sights. The now famous life-size diorama in the Main Hall that features two children happily playing at the edge of a pond while two small T-Rex stand nearby is just...
