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The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas by Jennifer Scheper Hughes

The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Christianitystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,085 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Laural Merlington

Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.

All Laural Merlington audiobooks, measured

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

The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas is an audiobook by Jennifer Scheper Hughes: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released August 3, 2021, on the Christianity and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Laural Merlington
Released
August 3, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Christianity, The Americas
ISBN
9781666133066

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas as an audiobook?

The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas?

The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas is narrated by Laural Merlington.