January 9, 2023 | Dr. Randall Balmer
Prize-winning historian, Emmy Award nominee, author, and John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth College Dr. Randall Balmer shares about what we can learn from the history of evangelicalism in order to help us grow and build towards its future. He also shares about the importance of separation of church and state and clarifies some commons misconceptions about the origins of the evangelical movement.
"If we understand the origins of this movement, then I think we can understand exactly where we are and where we're going." Share on X "I can say without fear of contradiction, that [abortion] was not what got the religious right organized in the 1970s. Frankly, it was a defense of racial segregation. And that's tough medicine. I understand that. But I think we… Share on X "If you conjoin Church and state, it's ultimately the integrity of the faith that is compromised." Share on X "I think that if evangelicalism is to have a future, evangelicals need to reconnect with their own traditions, both the Scriptures and their own history." Share on X