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Randall Balmer

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The Evangelical Abortion Myth

The rhetoric about abortion being the catalyst for the rise of the Religious Right collapses under scrutiny.

by Randall Balmer via Religion Dispatches on August 30, 2021
The Real Origins of the Religious Right

They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.

by Randall Balmer via Politico Magazine on May 27, 2014
Iowa: A Pastor's Son Notes When Politics Came to the Pulpit

A pastor's son reflects on his evangelical father's beliefs regarding politics in the pulpit.

by Randall Balmer via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on October 27, 2012

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The Roots of Evangelicals’ Political Fervor

White evangelical Christians are among President Trump’s most important supporters. But more than 40 years ago, they were on the margins of American politics.

via Retro Report on October 28, 2018

Ronald Reagan and Jerry Falwell speaking to each other in the White House.

It Wasn’t the Religious Right That Made White Evangelicals Vote Republican

To understand why evangelicals vote Republican, we shouldn’t focus just on Falwell; we need to look at a century or more of evangelical political culture.

by Daniel K. Williams via Anxious Bench on August 23, 2022

"Bad Faith Race and the Rise of the Religious Right" book cover, featuring a photo of politicians speaking to a crowd.

That New Old-Time Religion

“They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.”

by L. Benjamin Rolsky via Los Angeles Review of Books on November 30, 2021

Thomas Edison exhibiting the phonograph to visitors at his laboratory

Bottled Authors

The predigital dream of the audiobook.

by Matthew Rubery via Cabinet on March 16, 2021

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