How Long to Read Heathen

How Long Does it Take to Read Heathen?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Heathen by Kathryn Gin Lum

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An innovative history that shows how the religious idea of the heathen in need of salvation undergirds American conceptions of race. If an eighteenth-century parson told you that the difference between “civilization and heathenism is sky-high and star-far,” the words would hardly come as a shock. But that statement was written by an American missionary in 1971. In a sweeping historical narrative, Kathryn Gin Lum shows how the idea of the heathen has been maintained from the colonial era to the present in religious and secular discourses—discourses, specifically, of race. Americans long viewed...

How long is Heathen?

Heathen by Kathryn Gin Lum is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Heathen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read Heathen aloud.

What Reading Level is Heathen?

Heathen is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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