Faith in Public Life is now hosting a live dialogue between Randall Balmer, David Buckley and myself.
Dr. Randall Balmer is professor of American Religious History at Barnard College, Columbia University. He hosted the PBS Television series Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory and is the author of several books. Our dialogue begins with a discussion of Baptists that is in his new book, Thy Kingdom Come: An Evangelical's Lament -- How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America.
This electronic dialogue will continue for the next few days and will include an appearance by Balmer as a guest on my "Religious Talk" radio program this Sunday morning at 11:00 AM CST. Readers are invited to make comments on the Faith in Public Life website and call-in with questions or comments during the radio program.
Mainstream Baptists may remember that Randall gave the keynote address at our 2004 national Mainstream Baptist Convocation. Material from that speech and a whole lot more is in his new book.
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Super: I will find the patience over the weekend to make use of every ipod andlink you have provided here Bruce.
We do know how Balmer got to Nashville, don't we (insert smilie emoticon here, but I'll take the attribution if you wanna).
I got an email from Balmer this morning. Hope he comes South with his message soon. In meantime I am doing every thing I can to spread the word including a gonzo post on my blog.
Last Friday Balmer was subject of a syndicated column in the Bham News by Ostling I'm sure many others saw.
I think it safe to say we will see several articles about Balmer in Baptists Today and CET in the next several months
Looking forward to your chats with Randall, a super fellow.
One shameless plug. In 2002 Balmer was kind enough to read a film script a friend and I had written. He Loved it; and how couldn't he have. It is that great.
I'm with you both. Anytime anyone names richard Land what he is, a "counterfeit", that is a great day in theKingdom
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