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Randall Herbert Balmer

Born: 1954
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Dr. Balmer received his Bachlor's Degree from Trinity College in Illinois.

Biography: Dr. Randall Herbert Balmer is an author, professor of American religious history and an Episcopal Priest. He was nominated for an Emmy for script-writing and hosting the three-part PBS documentary 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,' based on his book with the same title.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction; Other

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Adult readers

Email: randall.balmer@dartmouth.edu
Website: http://dfd.dartmouth.edu/profiles/883
Randall Herbert Balmer on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=randall+herbert+balmer


Selected Titles

A perfect Babel of confusion :
ISBN: 0195152654 OCLC: 191935852

Oxford University Press, Oxford ; 2002, ©1989.

Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North America. Balmer argues that the combination of political intrigue, English cultural imperialism, and internal socio-economic tensionseventually drove the Dutch away from their hereditary customs, language, and culture. He shows how this process, which played itself out most visibly and poignantly in the Dutch Reformed Church between 1664 and the American Revolution, illustrates the difficulty of maintaining non-English culturesand institutions in an increasingly English world. A Perfect Babel of Confusion redresses some of the historiographical neglect of the Middle Colonies and, in the process, sheds new light on Dutch colonial culture.

Blessed assurance :
ISBN: 0807077100 OCLC: 41070802

Beacon Press, Boston : ©1999.

Blessed Assurance examines the moment of our political birth and highlights the close connections between our political and religious traditions. Randall Balmer looks at the rise of evangelical groups from Methodists to the Disciples of Christ, and at charismatic leaders from Mary Baker Eddy to Jimmy Swaggart. He vividly illustrates the ebb and flow of our nation's religious past, from apocalyptic movements in every century to our two great religious revivals and the evangelical longing for a third. These historical moments demonstrate how the evangelical movements of today were informed by history and the struggle for the American Christian soul.

Growing pains :
ISBN: 1587430185 OCLC: 46872409

Brazos Press, Grand Rapids, Mich. : ©2001.

Many Christian families struggle with passing the faith from one generation to the next. In "Growing Pains, " Balmer addresses this issue in a series of beautifully crafted narrative essays. His engaging stories include everything from baseball to John Lennon to tidbits of Christian history. Ultimately, Balmer tells how he discovered the unconditional love of a heavenly father through grace, seeking, and identification with Jesus the Son.

  Mine eyes have seen the glory :
ISBN: 9780190258252 OCLC: 951124348

Randall Balmer takes a journey into the world of conservative Christians in America. This book, which is a tour of the highways and byways of American evangelicalism, describes a visit to a revival meeting in Florida, an Indian reservation in the Dakotas, a trade show for Christian booksellers, and a fundamentalist Bible camp in the Adirondacks. Through the eyes of those encountered on the journeys, the book shows a more accurate and balanced understanding of an abiding tradition that, as the text argues, is both rich in theological insights and mired in contradictions.

Mine eyes have seen the glory :
ISBN: 0195300467 OCLC: 62302559

Oxford University Press, Oxford ; ©2006.

This book takes us on an insightful and engaging journey into the world of conservative Christians in America. Originally published fifteen years ago and the basis for an award-winning PBS documentary, this timely new edition arrives just as recent elections have left an ever-growing number of secular Americans wondering exactly how the other half thinks. From Oregon to Florida, and from Texas to North Dakota, Balmer offers an immensely readable tour of the highways and byways of American evangelicalism. We visit a revival meeting in Florida, an Indian reservation in the Dakotas, a trade show for Christian booksellers, and a fundamentalist Bible camp in the Adirondacks. For this fourth edition, Balmer adds two chapters, one on the phenomenally popular "Painter of Light," Thomas Kinkade, and one on Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life. Through the eyes of these and other people Balmer meets on his journeys, we arrive at a more accurate and balanced understanding of an abiding tradition that, as the author argues, is both rich in theological insights and mired in contradictions. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory offers readers a genuine insight into the appeal that the evangelicals movement holds for thousands of Americans.

Protestantism in America
ISBN: 0231111312 OCLC: 49226269

Columbia University Press, New York : ©2002.

As America has become more pluralistic, Protestantism, with its long roots in American history and culture, has hardly remained static. This portrait of a complex group of Christian denominations describes Protestantism's history, constituent subgroups and their activities, and the way in which its dialectic with American culture has shaped such facets of the wider society as healthcare, welfare, labor relations, gender roles, and political discourse.--Jacket.

Protestantism in America /
ISBN: 0231111304 OCLC: 53097873

Columbia University Press, New York : ©2002.

Describes Protestantism's history and essential beliefs. Examines the diversity of the tradition with accounts of life and worship in a variety of mainline and evangelical churches. Explores the vexed relationship Protestantism maintains with critical social issues, including homosexuality, feminism, and social justice.

Religion in twentieth century America /
ISBN: 0195112954 OCLC: 44701942

Oxford University Press, New York : 2001.

From the Pentecostal revival sparked by Agnes Ozman in Kansas, 1901, to the flare and fade of the millennium in 1999, this text provides an overview of the evolution of religion in the United States in the twentieth century. For grades 9 and up. In this book, a part of the RELIGION IN AMERICAN LIFE series (John Butler and Harry S. Stout, general editors), the author discusses the massive cultural changes in 20th-century America and the effects such forces as industrialization, modernization, and secularization had on established religions as well as new ones being strengthened by influxes of immigrants. Groups such as Protestants, Hindus, Jews, New Age believers, Mormons, Buddhists, Roman Catholics, and many more are discussed.

The making of evangelicalism :
ISBN: 1481304887 OCLC: 991799522

This text offers a history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Situating developments in evangelicalism in their wider context, it demonstrates the ways American social and cultural society influenced the course of evangelical tradition.

The making of evangelicalism :
ISBN: 1602582432 OCLC: 351322335

Baylor University Press, Waco, Tex. : ©2010.

This text offers a history of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Situating developments in envangelicalism in their wider context, it demonstrates the ways American social and cultural setting influenced the course of envangelical tradition.

Thy kingdom come :
ISBN: 0465005209 OCLC: 312624382

BasicBooks, New York : 2007.

 

 

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