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    Randall Balmer

    Randall Balmer (Ph.D., Princeton University), a prize-winning historian, Emmy Award nominee and ordained Episcopal priest, is the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College. He was professor of American religious history at Columbia University for twenty-seven years, and he has been a visiting professor at Princeton, Yale, Drew, Emory, and Northwestern universities and in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Evangelicalism in America and Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America, now in its fifth edition, was made into a three-part series for PBS. He is writing and will host his third PBS documentary, a history of the Orthodox Church in Alaska. His commentaries about religion in America appear in newspapers across the country.
    America’s Best Idea
    America’s Best Idea
    The Separation of Church and State
    Randall Balmer
    9781586424145
    $13.95 US
    Paperback
    Aug 05, 2025
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    America’s Best Idea
    America’s Best Idea
    The Separation of Church and State
    Randall Balmer
    9781586424145
    $13.95 US
    Paperback
    Aug 05, 2025
    Steerforth
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

    Events

    Sun Feb 15
    Grace Cathedral
    1100 California Street
    San Francisco, CA 94108
    Google Map

    Tue May 19
    Howe Library
    13 South St
    Hanover, NH 03755
    Google Map

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