Randall Balmer on Comprehending History, Culture, Through Religion

In an interview for Dartmouth Now, Professor Randall Balmer, recently named the John Phillips Professor in Religion (the oldest endowed professorship at Dartmouth), asserts that "I don't believe that you can understand American history and culture without understanding the role of religion, and that has informed my intellectual agenda. And religion in America has been profoundly shaped by the cultural and historical context of the United States, so that interests me as well."