How the Catholic Church Built Western

No institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church-from science and universities to art, law, economics, and much more. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr. is essential reading for recovering this lost truth. Book jacket.

Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, as well as The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era and The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy. He holds four Ivy League degrees, including an A.B. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Columbia. He lives with his family in Topeka, Kansas.

Foreword	p. xiii
The Indispensable Church	p. 1
A Light in the Darkness	p. 9
How the Monks Saved Civilization	p. 25
The Church and the University	p. 47
The Church and Science	p. 67
Art, Architecture, and the Church	p. 115
The Origins of International Law	p. 135
The Church and Economics	p. 155
How Catholic Charity Changed the World	p. 171
The Church and Western Law	p. 189
The Church and Western Morality	p. 205
Conclusion A World Without God	p. 219
Acknowledgments	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 231
Notes	p. 243
Index	p. 269
About the Author	p. 283
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