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Religious Literacy
- De: Stephen Prothero
- Narrado por: Stephen Prothero
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
We are a religiously illiterate nation, yet despite this lack of knowledge, politicians continue to root public policy arguments in religious rhetoric whose meanings are missed or misinterpreted by the vast majority of Americans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unfairly criticised
- De 00doc en 04-13-08
- Religious Literacy
- De: Stephen Prothero
- Narrado por: Stephen Prothero
disappointing
Revisado: 04-21-07
The basic premise of the book is good enough: Religion has a significant impact on our culture and so to effectively participate individuals should have a functional understanding of religion.
It takes well over 2/3 of the book to say that.
He leaves little time to explore religions. When he gets down to his core religious literacy facts (or as another reviewer puts it so well “factoids”) they are presented in alphabetic order. So one gets little if any of overview of a religion in context of itself let alone other religions.
I think the two prior reviews make outstanding points: Author seems to have all the dots but can't connect them. If you want to learn more about religion, do not get this book.
After the authors appearance on the Daily Show, my daughter and I were excited to read and discuss this book. I found it sufficiently disappointing that I could not recommend she spend the time to listening to it. I can’t recommend anyone else do so either.
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Don't Know Much About History
- Everything You Need to Know About American History
- De: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrado por: Jeff Wooden
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 587
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 127
When Don't Know Much About History first appeared, it created a sensation. With humor, great stories, and a trademark conversational style, the audiobook brought Americans a fresh new take on history. Davis proved that Americans don't hate history - they just hate the dull textbook version they were force-fed in school.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Here they go again!
- De Michael en 04-27-03
- Don't Know Much About History
- Everything You Need to Know About American History
- De: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrado por: Jeff Wooden
Don't learn much....
Revisado: 02-08-07
I love American history. I listen to about two dozen books a year but I am certainly not a professional historian or book critic. I find books that explore the human motivations of the past very compelling.
I have little interest in getting up in arms about “political bias” one way or the other. In my view the interplay of political differences predates the nation and how those differences interact is in fact much of our history. (My bias is there needs to be interaction not domination of one by the other but like I said that is my bias.)
Unfortunately I find this book is well named. From it I know don’t know much more about history. Listening to it is, at its best, an amusing string of history like factoids where there is less than satisfactory insight into the interplay of the differences that makes the events significant.
The book moves like a grade school history quiz in Q & A fashion, with time line and odd small quote presented as if they were extra credit at section ends. I find there is little more than the chronology. I want the interplay of personalities and events.
I disagree that this book is good starting point for an individual starting a personal exploration of American History. Mostly because I find there is little of the drama and struggle of individuals that make the history compelling and relevant.
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