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01-16-2008, 06:56 PM
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| | | Paul Johnson's Modern Times?
Has anyone read this? I read his book on American history, which was good except for a few major faux pas (e.g., he thought Jonathan Edwards was an Arminian; he thought Confederate Generals Joe Johnston and Albert Sydney Johnston were the same person!  ).
Does Modern Times cover mainly European history (which is what I am looking for?)
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J. B. Atken
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01-17-2008, 08:02 AM
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It is OK. I read it 20 years ago so my memory is a bit hazy.
I prefer "Birth of the Modern" it is much better in my opinion.
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01-17-2008, 10:46 AM
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he thought Jonathan Edwards was an Arminian
| I have read books that have said John Wesley was a Calvinist!!! I am sure he would have been horrified.
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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
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Johnson's church history book was a jaded secular perspective on church history. I certainly don't trust his perspective.
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Scott Roberts
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01-17-2008, 12:01 PM
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I read Modern Times in the late 1980s. I found it excellent.
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