A Little History of Religion

By: Richard Holloway

Narrated by: James Bryce

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion - from the dawn of religious belief to the 21st century - with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy.

Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young listeners, he encourages curiosity and tolerance, accentuates nuance and mystery and calmly restores a sense of the value of faith.

Ranging far beyond the major world religions of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism, Holloway also examines where religious belief comes from, the search for meaning throughout history, today's fascinations with Scientology and creationism, religiously motivated violence, hostilities between religious people and secularists and more.

Holloway proves an empathic yet discerning guide to the enduring significance of faith and its power from ancient times to our own.

©2016 Richard Holloway (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

Narration

The narration made the book better. The content was great. A ton of knowledge within a short period. But the narrator carried it home.

Wish they would've included the original religion of the slaves that were taken from Africa (ex. Yoruba) and the practices created from it (ex. Santeria)

Perfectly consice and detailed overview

I had long been looking for a book to fill the gaps in my knowledge about where religions come from and how did they intertwine in history.
This book gives a great and very objective overview of the origins, similarities, differences and human mixups in the stories of all the main religions. It does not prefer one to another nor glorify subscribing to religious denominations in general. And yet it manages to not be too academic or repetitive as some very objective books tend to be.

Recommend to anyone who wants a short but solid overview of religion(s) in an objective way. Very good from a storytelling perspective too and an awesome performance by James Bryce.

Excellent narration

Wonderful narrator and a story that weaves its subject matter together seamlessly makes for a perfect overview.

great overall view

fantastic book good when it needed to be detailed when it had to be. I highly recommend this as an overall view of many religions and the views that may or may not go with them very objective writing well done

Logical and rational

I enjoyed this little history of religion, just the right amount of detail and length to be a useful and enjoyable overview of the subject.

Very Interesting

Excellent explanation of many different religions based on their history. Very entertaining as well as educational. One of the best books on religious history ever!

excellent

loved it....understood the origin of religion. ..both author and reader was excellent...i loved it...thanks much

If books were in a race, this one wins 1st place

"A Little History of Religion" fulfilled beyond my expectations. Richard Holloway is a master, and this shall be the beginning of reading journey of his work.
And the narration was perfect.

Succinct history

What made the experience of listening to A Little History of Religion the most enjoyable?

This is a great way to learn about all religions and understand the conflicts in the world based on various beliefs.

Vey informative, educational and entertaining.

The author never seems to take sides or push the reader just gives the facts. A great book which I will listen to again.