A History of Christianity, Paul Johnson
A History of Christianity, Paul Johnson
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A History of Christianity

Author: Paul Johnson

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Unabridged: 28 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2016

Synopsis

First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude. Weaving a great range of material, the scholar and author Johnson creates an ambitious panoramic overview of the evolution of the Western world since the founding of a little-known “Jesus sect.” With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them, from the time of the apostle Paul through the Second Vatican Council. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity and its trials and tribulations throughout history has never before been contained in such a captivating work.

About Paul Johnson

Beginning with Modern Times (1985), Paul Johnson's books are acknowledged masterpieces of historical analysis. He is a regular columnist for Forbes and The Spectator, and his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

About Wanda McCaddon

Wanda McCaddon began recording books for the fledgling audiobook industry in the early 1980s and has since narrated well over six hundred titles for major audio publishers, as well as abridging, narrating, and coproducing classic titles for her own company, Big Ben. Audiobook listeners may be familiar with her voice under one of her two "nom de mikes," Donada Peters and Nadia May. The recipient of an Audie Award and more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, AudioFile magazine has named her one of recording's Golden Voices. Wanda also appears regularly on the professional stage in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on October 14, 2021

Paul Johnson’s big dense history of all of Christianity from Day One up to 17th May 1975 when he finished it is mostly excellent although it would help if you’re really interested in the history of Christianity because this book is not about anything else. REVIEW OF PAGES 1 TO 264 * 1500 YEARS OF HERE......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 14, 2021

Review of Pages 1 to 264 is here [URL not allowed] Here is now the review of pages 265 to 517 or to put it another way from 1511 to 1975 During these 200 years four things happened to Christianity : 1) The Reformation in which the Protestants said rude things about the Pope & stop......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on February 02, 2015

This book was quite a disappointment considering how much I have heard about this historian. Now a one volume history of Christianity is a difficult undertaking since almost 2,000 years of history is not easily condensed. So there is an editorial process by the writer as to what to cover. This is a ve......more

Goodreads review by Jeremiah on March 02, 2025

I expected history. The one quote that I looked up that Johnson gives of Voltaire apparently isn’t a real quote. While this work is spicy and written with intriguing flare, it doesn’t hold up well. I imagine that is is largely the result of the cynicism of the 1970s when it was written, but in the e......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on August 08, 2012

Every history is written from perspective. I accept that. And perhaps I hold historians to impossible standards, but in my opinion Johnson oversteps his historical bounds into the realm of (shortsighted) theology. To be honest (and I hate to admit this), I didn't finish the book. I didn't get more t......more

Quotes

“Johnson…has given us the best one-volume history of Christianity ever done.” Christian Century

“Johnson’s book is a bold achievement.” Kirkus Reviews

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