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SUMMARY:Celebrating the 250th: One Nation Under Siege: The First Amendment and the Perils of Christian Nationalism
DESCRIPTION:Join Randall Balmer\, Professor of Religion at Dartmouth\, for 
 a discussion of the First Amendment in celebration of the 250th anniversary 
 of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This program will be 
 hybrid: attend in person in the Mayer Room\, or register for the Zoom 
 invitation here.\n\nThe First Amendment\, a concession to religious 
 pluralism\, is under attack as never before in our history. Christian 
 nationalists\, those who claim that the United States is and always has 
 been a Christian nation\, are seeking to undermine the separation of church 
 and state\, which has ensured the vitality of the religious marketplace 
 while protecting the government from the religious factionalism that caused 
 so much violence in England and Europe.\n\nRandall Balmer\, a New York 
 Times bestselling author and Emmy Award nominee\, is the John Phillips 
 Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College. An Episcopal priest\, he is the 
 author of eighteen books\, including Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter and 
 Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right. He is a columnist for 
 the Valley News\, and his commentaries on religion in America appear in 
 newspapers across the country.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fa83fThrSfOf4j8ZMV25eg
LOCATION:Mayer Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Jared Jenisch":MAILTO:jared.jenisch@thehowe.org
CATEGORIES:Adult
CONTACT;CN="Jared Jenisch":MAILTO:jared.jenisch@thehowe.org
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