Gen Z Gen Free: The Rise of Young Christian Right Politics on College Campuses

Authors

Presenter(s)

Tucker J. Hoffmann

Comments

Presentation: 3:20-3:40, Kennedy Union 211

Files

Description

produced for the Dean's Summer Fellowship program in the summer of 2023, Gen Z Gen Free is a critical analysis of how Turning Point USA, a growing White Christian Nationalist organization, uses language to discriminate against gender, sexual, and racial minorities in educational institutions. Using scholarly work (insert authors and books here), this work analyzes the rhetorical tools used in speeches from CEO and Founder of TPUSA Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens. It also serves as a brief historical account of the evangelical Christian movement in education. The movement, starting as a response to the desegregation of schools, is still a factor in K-12 and higher education today. Turning Point USA has breached into the evangelical homeschooling market through the foundation of Turning Point Academy, a branch of TPUSA that seeks to "Reclaim, Revive, and Restore" Godliness to American educational institutions.

Publication Date

4-17-2024

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Susan L. Trollinger

Primary Advisor's Department

English

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Scholarship; Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Faith

Recommended Citation

"Gen Z Gen Free: The Rise of Young Christian Right Politics on College Campuses" (2024). Stander Symposium Projects. 3352.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/3352