A History of Christianity

Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork

Conversations with Tyler, 16 September 2026. The book comes up at 44 min 41 sec in. Said by Annie Lowrey.

Tyler Cowen asks Annie Lowrey about a history of Christianity she recently read. She identifies it as "A History of Christianity the first 3,000 years" and calls it very good. What stayed with her most was the depiction of early Christianity as a fringe Jewish sect whose members were seen as mentally unstable and deeply annoying — a striking origin for the religion that came to dominate much of the world.

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