Beginning to Pray: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beginning to Pray audiobook runs 2.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Smith (about 1.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.4 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 4,755 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Smith
Paul Smith narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8 hours in all.
About as long, on the World Religions shelf
223 World Religions audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Beginning to Pray is an audiobook by Archbishop Anthony Bloom: a 2.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Smith, released August 7, 2025, on the World Religions shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Smith
- Released
- August 7, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World Religions
- ISBN
- 9780809172436
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beginning to Pray audiobook?
Beginning to Pray runs 2.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.6 hours.
Is the Beginning to Pray audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beginning to Pray?
Beginning to Pray is narrated by Paul Smith.