True Origins of the Religious Right

Author, historian and Emmy Award nominee the Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer, distinguished visiting professor at Emory Universitys Candler School of Theology, reveals groundbreaking research on the real impetus behind the rise of the Religious Right in this April 16, 2009 lecture, Mistaken Identity: Jimmy Carter, the Abortion Myth, and the Rise of the Religious Right.

A scholar, documentary filmmaker, and Episopal priest, Balmer is professor of American religious history at Barnard College, Columbia University and the 2009 McDonald Family Chair on the Life and Teachings of Jesus and their Impact on Culture at Candler School of Theology. An editor for Christianity Today since 1999, his commentaries on religion in America also have appeared in news publications across the country, including the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Slate. He is the author of a dozen books, including Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America and Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America, now in its fourth edition, which was made into a three-part documentary for PBS.

Read more on Randall Balmer at Emory: http://www.emory.edu/home/news/releases/2009/03/randall-balmer-at-emory.html

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[SkyDaddy7]

Hopefully Evangelicals will return to the fringes of society where they were the most successful...And at the same time America was most successful! The seperation of church and state is a must for America to flourish. As long as the Christian Right strides for political power in the US our country will continue its slide in the world! One thing is for sure, if this continues America will suffer greatly as it already has!

[mrwelsh55]

I recommend this video whole-heartedly. Thank you, Dr. Balmer!

[bigtoine45]

Does anyone know the name of the documentary that covers the history of evangelical evolvement in politics? I think it was from the BBC. It looks like "The Power of Nightmares".

[Bass60thrar]

Was he the narrator for the PBS series "The Glory and the Power: Fundamentalism Revealed," that was broadcast in the 1990s?

[ScipiondeFrance]

Uh, is the speaker really equating the institution of slavery with a private school's choosing the race of its students ?

[jasmcc1]

carter did alot for human rights but inempt as president

[paolo27th]

Very interesting stuff.

[roccobrick]

Incisive, thought provoking and hope that every evangelical will listen carefully to the summation - especially the last thirteen minutes!