R. C. Haynes

Expensive and open minded journey through religion

Revisado: 04-23-25

The middle chapters made the assumption that there are many people that are in “the state of nature” in regard to religion and spirituality. I don’t know anybody in that category.

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Consequential history

Revisado: 11-04-24

The granular detail of the multitudinous reformations of the 15th and 16th centuries was revealing, informative and surprising. There was a lot of detail of individual reformers and schools of reformations that are otherwise little discussed, so I learned a lot. The author’s final summations were instructive and overlapping on how the unintended reformation reaches down to our current day ala Brad Gregory‘s book of the same title “The Unintended Reformation“.

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The truth is told

Revisado: 07-21-24

Clear and concise history and analysis… increased understanding and hope for the future. enjoyed this book immensely

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Christianity’s implicit pervasiveness

Revisado: 06-26-24

Tom Holland‘s book “Dominion”covered a lot of ground and therefore definitely was idiosyncratic in picking and choosing examples along the chronological way. The close attention to sometimes obscure episodes or stories was an interesting technique, but the overarching theme of Christian influence sometimes seemed lost. For me, the books ending, revealing current examples of the implicit Christian foundation of a wide spectrum of thought in our culture was eye opening. His use of Nietzsche’s prescient observations of our current time were valuable. Finally, his very personal observations in the afterword were dramatic, poignant and meaningful. As for the reading of the audiobook, the readers voice was too much schoolhouse pedagogy for my taste.

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Enlightening

Revisado: 11-28-23

Clear and concise demonstration and elucidation of the history of speech, codes and political correctness and their inimical and destructive effects on society. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and recommend it highly.

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Intriguing and essential history

Revisado: 06-12-23

Wonderfully comprehensive history, spanning centuries of time and covering from China to the Mediterranean and Europe. Rich and nuanced coverage of trade, politics and people. One of the most surprising parts of this discussion was the importance of oil and energy in the last 200 years. The prose sparkles, and the audible reading is spectacular! One small downside is the author has an anti-American bias shining through while discussing the last 100 years.

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Telling the truth

Revisado: 08-06-22

Bringing together and presenting unequivocal proof of western anti-westernism and American anti-Americanism. Here is a litany of the astonishing, depressing, unrelenting bashing of the west and of “whiteness”. Both the uniqueness and the destructiveness of this type of thinking and action is brought to the forefront. The author balances this with examples of the greatness of the west and the blessings that have flowed from it. Let us always defend truth and real multiculturalism and strive to create and maintain a true color blind society that judges persons on the “content of their character rather than the color of their skin”

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Balanced history of science

Revisado: 08-11-21

This was an interesting, and I would say comprehensive account of philosophy of science including colorful anecdotes and personalities, and of course delving into major issues of epistemology, evidence, theories etc. The book was a bit dense in parts, and certain sections were unsuited for audio enjoyment, e.g. discussing Bayes theorem. Overall, I learned a lot about philosophy of science and thoroughly admired the reading of the text by Matthew Lloyd Davies.

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Epic summaries

Revisado: 10-21-19

An ambitious and overall satisfying summary of the western intellectual tradition. Multiple different lecturers allowed for interesting perspectives but also a bit of unevenness. Personal agendas crept in occasionally, but not too much. I learned a lot and enjoyed the course…!

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Fascinating history

Revisado: 12-29-18

The time, place and geography of the story of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan and his successors is truly incredible. An edict of religious toleration was promulgated by Genghis Khan around the same time as the Magna Carta in England… Amazing!

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