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

By the Way: McCain v. Huckabee

Republicans battling for “most conservative” is like pyromaniacs arguing for best arsonist.

Randall Balmer

April 16, 2009

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Religion Dispatches

By the Way: John the Baptist?

After a lifetime as an Episcopalian, John McCain has decided he’s a Baptist.

Randall Balmer

March 10, 2009

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Religion Dispatches

By the Way: Fractured Religious Right Endorses McCain

Despite the absence of some of its most recognizable leaders, and clinging to the old standbys of abortion and gays, a loose coalition of Religious Right activists recently met in Denver to pump fists for McCain; the old leadership wasn’t all that was missing…

Randall Balmer

September 30, 2008

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