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Randall Balmer

Randall Balmer, Mandel Family Professor in the Arts & Sciences at Dartmouth College, is the author of a dozen books, including most recently Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Often used interchangeably with Christian Right, but also can describe broader conservative religious coalitions that are not limited to Christians. Can include right-wing Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, and members of the Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon. Learn more (Eerdmans, 2021). He wrote, produced and hosted a PBS documentary on Billy Graham, Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham.

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Religion Dispatches
The Religious Right’s most cherished and durable myth is its myth of origins. According to this well-rehearsed narrative, articulated by Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and countless others, evangelical…
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Religion Dispatches
Billy Graham, by any measure the most famous religious figure of the twentieth century, died today [at his home in Montreat, North Carolina]. He was ninety-nine years old. In a career that extended well over half a century, Graham took a simple evangelical message – give your heart…
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Religion Dispatches
Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter, the role of the president’s faith, and the real reason for the rise of the Religious Right.
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