Marietta College is pleased to welcome Dr. Randall Balmer to discuss Christian Nationalism and Democratic Crisis on Thursday, April 11, at the Alma McDonough Auditorium. The presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
The Marietta College campus and local community are invited to a special presentation Christian Nationalism and Democratic Crisis by guest lecturer Dr. Randall Balmer, who is the John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth.Balmer, an Episcopal priest, is an authority on 20th-century American religion, evangelicalism, and the origins of the religious right. He was invited to speak to campus by Dr. David Torbett, Marietta’s Israel Ward Andrews Professor of Religion, who reviewed two of Balmer’s books for a journal.
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It’s been my privilege to be in the personal spaces of several writers. Among others, Pulitzer winner Tony Horwitz warmly welcomed me at his home on Martha’s Vineyard as did William F. Buckley at his place on Long Island Sound.
I have interviewed over 200 authors. Everyone has their own style with reading, capturing what they have read, research, and then writing. As I writer myself, I have settled on an approach I feel comfortable with.
Moore: Do you still acquire books as you get older or have you slowed down a bit?
Balmer: I’ve slowed down considerably, especially from my early days as a scholar when I felt almost frantic to build my library (lots of trips to the Strand Bookstore in Manhattan). Now, I’m even to the point of divesting. Moving helps a lot; Dartmouth is currently renovating our building, and I was able to donate twenty-five boxes of books.