Randall Herbert Balmer was born on October 22,1954 and is an American historian of American religion.
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Randall Balmer earned his PhD from Princeton University in 1985.
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Randall Balmer has been a visiting professor at Dartmouth College and at Rutgers, Princeton, Drew University, Emory University, Yale and Northwestern universities and at Union Theological Seminary, where he was adjunct professor of church history.
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Randall Balmer has taught in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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Randall Balmer was visiting professor at Yale Divinity School from 2004 until 2008.
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Randall Balmer's work has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, The Washington Post Book World, and The New York Times Book Review.
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Randall Balmer was nominated for an Emmy for scriptwriting 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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Randall Balmer wrote and hosted two other PBS documentaries: Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham and In the Beginning: The Creationist Controversy.
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In various books and articles, Randall Balmer has criticized the politicization of the American Christian evangelical movement.
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In 2003, Randall Balmer ran for a seat on his local school board and lost by four votes.
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In 2004, Randall Balmer won the Democratic nomination for a seat representing the 111th District in the Connecticut House of Representatives.
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Frey won 8,824 votes, and Randall Balmer won 4,478 votes; Frey won more votes than anyone else in the Connecticut House that year.