How The Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
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
About the Author