With Randall Balmer, Ph.D., and Betsey Newenhuyse
Randall Balmer, Ph.D., is a prominent historian of American religion, culture, and politics. A professor at Dartmouth College, he has authored numerous influential works, including Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America, adapted into an award-winning PBS documentary. Balmer’s research focuses on evangelicalism, the intersection of faith and politics, and the role of religion in shaping American society. A frequent commentator on religious issues, he is known for his accessible writing and public engagement. Balmer holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and is a passionate advocate for understanding religion’s nuanced role in public life.
From ChatGPT
This illuminating biography of our thirty-ninth president by an acclaimed historian of American religion presents Jimmy Carter as the last great standard-bearer of progressive evangelical politics. Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics are commonly viewed today as inseparable. But when Carter, a Democrat and unabashed born-again Christian, won the presidency in 1976, he owed his victory in part to American evangelicals. Yet four years later, those very same voters abandoned Carter for Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party, signaling the eclipse of Christian progressivism by the Religious Right.
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