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A forum for scholarly conversation about Christianity, culture, and politics in the US| Righting America
A forum for scholarly conversation about Christianity, culture, and politics in the US| Righting America
by William Trollinger As I write this on Monday morning, Lance Shockley is scheduled to be killed at Potosi Correctional Institution by the state of Missouri at 6pm on Tuesday for the 2005 murder of Highway Patrol Sergeant Carl Graham, Jr.. Perhaps Missouri’s Governor Mike Kehoe will relent in response to very serious questions about […]| Righting America
by Terry F. Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and th…| Righting America
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 served as interim pastor of ABC USA churches in Illinois, […]| Righting America
By Art Jipson and Paul J. Becker Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. We are grateful to republish it here. After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and “they should be put in jail.” “The […]| Righting America
by Tucker Hoffmann Tucker J. Hoffmann is a Graduate Student at the University of Georgia achieving his master’s degree in communication studies through the Rhetorical Studies program. Tucker …| Righting America
by William Trollinger Jerry Bergman is at it again. And it’s as bad as ever. A prolific writer for the Answers Research Journal and similar creationist outlets, Bergman has gone to great lengths to promote the Darwin-to-Hitler trope, which has been vigorously critiqued by the Anti-Defamation League and mocked by a host of scholars. Then […]| Righting America
by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological i…| Righting America
by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white C…| Righting America
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 served as interim pastor of ABC USA churches in Illinois, […]| Righting America
by Terry Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology, 2003). Defoe served as a chaplain at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He has been interested in […]| Righting America
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger We are pleased to announce that our article, “From Creationism to QAnon: Answers in Genesis and the Culture Wars,” has been published in the June issue of…| Righting America
by William Trollinger 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 (O…| Righting America
Over time, I came to understand that Westboro’s messages reinforce one of the church’s key beliefs: there is hope (not assurance) for those within the church, but there is no hope for sinners…| Righting America
…when it comes down to it, the message of Ark Encounter is not simply about the global Flood that supposedly proves the Young Earth Creationists to be right. That is to say, the main message …| Righting America
…like the Höss family, the Noah family is blissfully unconcerned with the horrors of this divine genocide.| Righting America
