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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 Religious Right (Eerdmans, 2021). He wrote, produced and hosted a PBS documentary on Billy Graham, Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham.

Politics/LawJune 10, 2009

By the Way: Fractured Religious Right Endorses McCain

By Randall Balmer

Evangelicals meet in Denver to pump fists for McCain; the old leadership wasn’t all that was missing…

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawJune 8, 2009

By the Way: “Ten Commandments Judge” To Be Alabama’s Next Gov?

By Randall Balmer

An expert witness in the case against the affable Roy Moore recalls a meeting during which they tangled over the First Amendment.

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Culture, Politics/LawMay 7, 2009

By the Way: Richard Land’s Non-Apology

By Randall Balmer

The religious right leader’s apology for offensive remarks to the Jewish and female senators falls flat.

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Politics/LawApril 27, 2009

By the Way: Richard Land Must Go

By Randall Balmer

Now we have a chance to see what the religious right is made of.

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(A)theologies, Politics/LawApril 16, 2009

By the Way: Mitt Romney’s Coming Out

By Randall Balmer

Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s challenge isn’t actually to echo JFK but rather another, more contemporary, figure.

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(A)theologies, Culture, Politics/LawApril 16, 2009

By the Way: McCain v. Huckabee

By Randall Balmer

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

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Politics/LawMarch 10, 2009

By the Way: John the Baptist?

By Randall Balmer

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

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Politics/LawSeptember 30, 2008

By the Way: Fractured Religious Right Endorses McCain

By Randall Balmer

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…

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