Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss his latest book, "America's Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State", about a foundational – and increasingly ...

A prize-winning historian and Emmy Award nominee, Randall Balmer holds the John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth, the oldest endowed professorship at Dartmouth College. He earned the Ph.D. from ...

I do not profess to have the educational background, or even perhaps the knowledge that Mr. Balmer has, but with respect to his comments in the Los Angeles Times published in our own local paper, I ...

Author and professor Randall Balmer joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'America’s Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State'.

Before O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century,” another courtroom clash riveted America and merited that title. In the sleepy town of Dayton, Tenn., on July 10, 1925, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was ...

A religious history scholar, Balmer writes about the role of faith and faith language in American politics. His book, God in the White House, looks at the disconnect between a candidate's religious ...

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A growing popular disregard for the separation of church and state, a circumstance abetted by the current Supreme Court’s contempt for the First Amendment, is taking a toll around the nation. This is ...

The writer, an Episcopal priest, is a religion professor at Dartmouth College and author of “Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter.” He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times. In a World-Herald op-ed, Sen.