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How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization Paperback – September 18, 2012

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Ask someone today where Western Civilization originated, and he or she might say Greece or Rome. But what is the ultimate source of Western Civilization? Bestselling author and professor Thomas E. Woods, Jr. provides the long neglected answer: the Catholic Church. In the new paperback edition of his critically-acclaimed book, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, Woods goes far beyond the familiar tale of monks copying manuscripts and preserving the wisdom of classical antiquity. Gifts such as modern science, free-market economics, art, music, and the idea of human rights come from the Catholic Church, explains Woods. In How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, you’ll learn:

Why modern science was born in the Catholic Church
How Catholic priests developed the idea of free-market economics five hundred years before Adam Smith
How the Catholic Church invented the university
Why what you know about the Galileo affair is wrong
How Western law grew out of Church canon law
How the Church humanized the West by insisting on the sacredness of all human life

No institution has done more to shape Western civilization than the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church—and in ways that many of us have forgotten or never known. How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization is essential reading for recovering this lost truth.

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Thomas E. Woods, Jr. holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard, and his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. A senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, he is the author of eleven books, including the New York Times bestsellers Meltdown, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, and How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Woods won the $50,000 first prize in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards for his book The Church and the Market. He lives with his wife and four daughters in Topeka, Kansas.

Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Regnery History; Reprint edition (September 18, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1596983280
ISBN-13: 978-1596983281
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 269 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1022 in History of Christianity (Books)
- #1048 in Christian Church History (Books)
- #488 in History of Civilization & Culture

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Ephraim

Incredibly Inspirational

January 6, 2018

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I am a 60 year old catechumen, and just started reading this book (about 1/4 through it), and I must say this is a magnificent book. It flows and reads very nicely. Although I do not have a lifetime as a Catholic and have done nothing for it or Christ, I felt many moments of swelling joy and the pride of newborn association with it.

I also felt betrayed by the so-called education we as a society have been given by our bigoted institutions. But for this, in part, perhaps it would not have taken me this long to find the right church. Raised a Baptist, and subject to a secular educations, I had a built in prejudice against Catholics and had crossed it off my list of possibilities, without ever having given it a fair hearing.

If you are a Catholic, read this for a boost of faith. If you are not, read it to properly counter many misconceptions to which I am sure you have been exposed.

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WI-Brunner

A great book! Most people have been taught a revisionist ...

September 16, 2017

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A great book! Most people have been taught a revisionist history, in which it seems that Western civilization was born in pagan Greece and was stunted until it was reborn in either a falsely-secular Renaissance or the break of the French revolution. Many of the deeply held values, and almost all of our treasured institutions either originate in, were developed, or preserved through the Catholic Church. Thomas E. Woods, Jr., offers a valuable correction that many need in their historic outlook, but sadly few will heed.

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Brian SwanSword

The book title says it all.

February 13, 2015

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One of the best books I've read. Thomas Woods, Jr. has four Ivy League degrees, which he puts to work exposing the biggest lie of all history. Far from holding back scientific discovery, the Roman Catholic Church is credited with so many scientific discoveries that it is the single greatest source of scientific discovery and invention, period.

Little known, but factual, the Catholic Church invented hospitals and Universities. It invented the seven-note musical scale. More moon craters are named after Jesuit priests than any other group. The US Constitution is based on Roman Catholic doctrine rehashed to exclude Catholicism.

Thomas Woods cites over 400 academic references to support his claims.

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Seeker

Extremely enlightening

January 2, 2019

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I am not a Catholic nor am I even a Christian. But I found this book to be excellent and very eye-opening. I had no idea that the Catholic Church had so much to do with the building of Western Civilization. I certainly would never have cited some of the specifics that surface in this book. I would recommend it highly to any thinking person especially those who might feel that churches no longer have a place in this world for some reason.

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snozek

use this instead of a Western Civ book.

April 24, 2018

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Alright, the reader needs to be gotten used to. . . but aside from that, the book is marvelous. By chapter 2 you will forget about any complaints about the reader.

If you ever asked yourself whatever happened between Rome and the Enlightenment, check here.

How did the West become dominant? The Catholic Church is largely responsible.

Of you find that claim to be wildly unbelievable, then listen to the book for the case.

If you want a reading list in order to understand Western Civilization, try his works cited, I used it to guide my own research.

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Carlos A. Zubillaga

I thoroughly enjoyed it, therefore I give it a 5

March 4, 2015

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Most people are biased regarding the Catholic Church, whether pro or against. For many decades now most historians have been on the "against" side, and many myths and misunderstandings are preponderant about the Catholic Church and particularly regarding the Middle Ages, so called the Dark Ages. This book, although written by a Catholic, brings to bear many historical facts that provide a much more balanced view, not only about the Middle Ages but also about the role of the Catholic Church throughout its 2000 year history.

It is also well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it, therefore I give it a 5.

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John P. Morris

"How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization" is something we all need to know.

May 4, 2015

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Whether Catholic or not; believer or unbeliever; facts are facts, even when they disabuse us of our cherished fallacies and prejudices. And such is, in my humble opinion, what Thomas Woods accomplishes by redressing distortions and exploding errors. It is remarkable that a work of such scope can be as terse and read so breezily; that events, people, and times can be as clearly laid out. “How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization” is an antidote to the removal of Western studies from American education and an aid to a right understanding of the Catholic Church and the world’s debt to her.

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Naylor

what the secular world does not want you to know

February 28, 2015

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Fascinating account of how the Catholic Church built Western Civilisation. With roots in Ancient Greek civilisation, the Catholic Church first introduced the notion that all men are equal under God, introduced the legal rights of nation states and their peoples be they religious or not, sponsored breakthrough science, introduced universities to the world, gave the world some of the most beautiful works of art and architecture, inspired medical research, promoted philosophical debate and moved forward from ancient sages such as Socrates, pushed for the rights of women in society and becoming the greatest source of charity and financial support to poor people's throughout the world.

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