This is a very information-rich book. Armstrong tackles a history of the three major Western religions, covering the evolution of philosophy and theology in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam since the time of Abraham. Unless you've taken a particularly good history of religion course, you will likely learn quite a lot from A History of God, particularly if you were educated in the United States where the history of Islam and post-Christianity Judaism are sadly neglected.The biggest problem with this book is that, sadly, it's not presented in a way that makes it easy to read. Despite the complexity of her interwoven history and the dizzying but necessary barrage of names and dates, the book is presented as relentlessly uninterrupted prose. Other than the chapter breaks between the eleven chapters and a few paragraphs of summary at the end of each chapter, the most decoration the prose receives is the occasional indented quote.
