Randall Balmer

Randall Herbert Balmer ( born October 22, 1954 in Chicago) is an American historian of religion. He is a professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, editor of Christianity Today and Episcopal priest.

Randall Balmer received his Ph.D. 1985 at Princeton University. He published several books on American religious history and published the "Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism ." His book, " Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America" ​​was based on a three -part documentary on American public television PBS. Other documentation from him, sent on PBS, are " Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham " and " In the Beginning: . The Creationist Controversy "

Bibliography

  • Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America. 4th ed New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-530046-7, 2006.
  • Blessed Assurance: A History of Evangelicalism in America. Boston: Beacon Press, 1999 ISBN 0-807-07711-9.
  • Protestantism in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-231-11130-4.
  • Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2004 ISBN 193279204X.
  • Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America. New York: Basic Books, 2006 ISBN 0-465-00519-5.
  • God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2008, ISBN 0-060-73405-1.
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