History of the World in Christian Perspective

by Jerry H. Combee

History

Genres: History

444 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Daniel D. Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is NOT a history book, though it does reasonably well in discussing world history. It examines history with a clear, if understated (and, laudably self admitted) bias in favor of Christianity. While I am personally an evangelical Christian, I rate this book with only two stars because it doesn't present an accurate or fair analysis of history in much the same fashion as Howard Zinn presents American history in "A People's History of the United States." Whereas Zinn isn't entirely transparent about his Marxist bias, I give this text a second star for clearly disclosing its Christian bias.

Proper historiography informs us that history should be presented in an unbiased as possible manner. The best history is NOT written by the victors, contrary to popular belief, but presents both sides fairly and fully, leaving the reader to think about the facts and apply reasoning to draw conclusions. Original source documents should be quoted and referenced extensively without drawing conclusions. Truth is the object of all academic learning, and can only be discerned with clear and rational thinking.

[Jesse Stoddard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes for interesting discussions with students. What I find ironic is that someone would judge this book for being too opinionated when the title makes the intent plain as day. What more, I am impressed with any book that can compress world history into under five hundred pages and have any sense of through-line, which this book does quite well. More importantly, and most tragically, the majority of the history books provided to middle grades, high school, or the university level are vain and veiled attempts at sounding unbiased while hiding a biased agenda. This book need not hide behind such pretenses; it contains the facts, along with Christian commentary, living up to its’ promise.

[Angie Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great Christian perspective on world history.