On the radio program Background Briefing hosted by Ian Masters, Matthew A. Sutton, Edward R. Myer Distinguished Professor of History at WSU, discussed recent press scrutiny of unsubstantiated claims made by U.S. presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson. Will this scrutiny lead to more focus on issues and policies the Republican candidates are espousing, or will blaming the press lead to less probing questions being asked of those seeking the presidency?  » More …

The leader of a small group outside Philadelphia has predicted that the world will be annihilated today.

“It’ll be gone forever. Annihilated,” founder of eBibleFellowship Chris McCann told the Guardian, basing his prediction on his biblical readings. » More …

Matthew Avery Sutton, Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of History at WSU and author of American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism, was featured on public radio programs in two countries in two days: U.S. public radio’s Background Briefing on Sept. 8 and Radio New Zealand’s national Nine To Noon program on Sept. 10. » More …

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently invoked the holocaust in criticizing President Obama’s deal with Iran, saying that Obama “will take Israelis and march them to the doors of the ovens.” On the radio program Background Briefing hosted by Ian Masters, Matthew Sutton, professor of history at WSU and author of American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism, discussed Huckabee’s attempt to appeal to Christian Zionists who love Israel because it is central to bringing about the rapture and the end of times according to their interpretation of the Bible’s Book of Revelation. » More …