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Summary: Great idea, but dry
Review: This book is a great idea with an appealing format, but the author, although purporting to write for lay-people, writes like a scholar. The prose is dry and turgid; interesting stories are rare in the book. _Christian History Made Easy_ by Timothy Jones covers all of the same data as this book in a way that lay-people can appreciate.
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Summary: clear and concise, well-organized
Review: This book is a solid overview of church history with helpful headings and boxes of key terms that provide a good review. However, for the reader interested more in learning than refreshing, this book can be a bit dry.
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Summary: for intro fully detailed, very worthwhile
Review: This splendid little book gives a lot of information for an introduction to church history. It does two things well. It covers the important events of church history. And it tells you why those events were important to the church, so you can feel the influence of those events today.I did not find the book too scholarly, but maybe that's because I'm a nerd. I don't know. I wouldn't use this as my only church history book, but I would highly recommend it. I would give it 4 1/2 stars, which rounds up to 5.
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