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From Revivalism to Politics and Beyond
This text offers a history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Situating developments in envangelicalism in their wider context, it demo...
Evangelicalism has left its indelible mark on American history, politics, and culture. It is also true that currents of American populism and politics...
A Journey Into the Evangelical Subculture in America
A journey into the world of conservative Christians in America and the basis for an award-winning, three-part PBS documentary, Through the eyes of tho...
The Separation of Church and State in American Life
"A slender but thoroughly argued case for reinforcing the wall between church and state. . . A stern warning that those who push for the intrusion of ...
In this completely revised and expanded edition of the Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, Randall Balmer gives readers the most comprehensive resource ab...
How American Christianity Can Reclaim Its Prophetic Voice
Few Americans would deny that Christianity in America is in crisis, its credibility diminished by everything from sex scandals to close identification...
How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America
For much of American history, evangelicalism was aligned with progressive political causes. Nineteenth-century evangelicals fought for the abolition o...
Learning to Love My Father's Faith
Many Christian families struggle with passing the faith from one generation to the next. In "Growing Pains, " Balmer addresses this issue in a series ...
A Short History
The new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religion, offers a superb overview that spa...
A History of Evangelicalism in America
These historical moments demonstrate how the evangelical movements of today were informed by history and the struggle for the American Christian soul....
Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies
Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North...
The Life of Jimmy Carter
A religious biography of Jimmy Carter, the controversial president whose political rise and fall coincided with the eclipse of Christian progressivism...
As America has become more pluralistic, Protestantism, with its long roots in American history and culture, has hardly remained static. This finely cr...
How Religion Shaped Sports in North America
Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a...
How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush
How did we go from John F. Kennedy declaring that religion should play no role in the elections to Bush saying, "I believe that God wants me to be pre...
Travels Along the Mainline of American Protestantism
Balmer, the author and host of PBS's Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, offers a vivid, first-hand look at mainline Protestantism at the close of the cent...
A History
A Short History Updated Edition
Perhaps surprising in a country without a national church, religion has played a powerful role in American life. Now, in the new paperback edition of ...
Covering Protestant, Hindu, Jewish, New Age, Mormon, Buddhist, Roman Catholic, and many other faiths, Religion in Twentieth Century America is a dynam...
This illuminating biography of our thirty-ninth president by an acclaimed historian of American religion presents Jimmy Carter as the last great stand...
In a brief, narrative survey, Balmer and Fitzmier trace the history of the Presbyterian tradition, from its roots in Europe to its manifestations in c...
Bush White House, historian Balmer explores the role religion plays in the personal and political lives of Americas presidents. 16-page b&w photo inse...
Prologue 1. California Kickback 2. Dallas Orthodoxy 3. On Location 4. Phoenix Prophet 5. Adirondack Fundamentalism 6. Georgia Charismatics 7. Bible Sc...
"Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As ...
The Fight for Religious Liberty
"Companion book to the PBS documentary."...