August 11, 2006

Conservatives in Politics and in Religion

To the Editor:

Randall Balmer angrily insists that "the evangelical subculture ... prizes conformity above all else" ("Jesus Is Not a Republican," The Chronicle Review, June 23). He insists that longtime friends and family members have stricken him from their Christmas card list because he has challenged "the shibboleths of the religious right." ...

If Balmer has indeed been stricken from such lists, I suspect it is not because of his politics but rather because he is very

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