CONTENTS

FOREWORD

Chapter One

THE INDISPENSABLE CHURCH

Chapter Two

A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

Chapter Three

HOW THE MONKS SAVED CIVILIZATION

Chapter Four

THE CHURCH AND THE UNIVERSITY

Chapter Five

THE CHURCH AND SCIENCE

Chapter Six

ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE CHURCH

Chapter Seven

THE ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Chapter Eight

THE CHURCH AND ECONOMICS

Chapter Nine

HOW CATHOLIC CHARITY CHANGED THE WORLD

Chapter Ten

THE CHURCH AND WESTERN LAW

Chapter Eleven

THE CHURCH AND WESTERN MORALITY

Conclusion

A WORLD WITHOUT GOD

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Notes

Index

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