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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

By the Way: Obama and Faith-Based Initiatives

Obama’s proposal is too timid: How about asking religious groups to really step up?
Randall Balmer
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Religion Dispatches

By the Way: Riverside Minister’s Abrupt Resignation Reveals the Perils of the Pulpit

Wherein the author, a friend of the Rev. Brad Braxton and an Episcopal priest, recalls his own harrowing year in the pulpit and the toll it can take on self and family.
Randall Balmer
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Religion Dispatches

By the Way: McNamara, Dead at 93, Lived Long and Rueful Life

What went through the mind of this haunted man with the “thousand-yard stare” in his later years as he shuffled back and forth to work just “a hand grenade’s throw” from the Vietnam War Memorial?
Randall Balmer
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