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Evangelicals and Political Forces of Our Time: Extending the Conversation Begun by Randall Balmer, John Fea, and Molly Worthen

When: June 10, 2021, 1:45 pm - Thursday

Where: Shamblin Theater

Session 4

Session Abstract

Four scholars—Artman, Mansfield, Robinson, and Schmalzbauer—will extend the conversation begun by Randall Balmer, John Fea, and Molly Worthen whose plenary session engaged new ways of understanding “White Evangelical Alignment with Political Forces of our Time.”

Speakers

Richard Hughes, Lipscomb University, Convener

  • Amy Artman, Missouri State University, Panelist
  • Stephen Mansfield, Speaker and Author, Panelist
  • Edward J. Robinson, Texas College, Panelist
  • John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University, Panelist

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James Cone with conferee at the CSC in 2017

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Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson delivering the CSC plenary address

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Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), delivering the CSC plenary address.

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US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith delivering the CSC plenary address

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David Brooks engaging conferees during breakfast at the CSC

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