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But that one word should be "civilization."

Western civilization has given us the miracles of modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of the rule of law, a unique sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, a philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts that we take for granted as the wealthiest and most powerful civilization in history.

But what is the ultimate source of these gifts? Bestselling author and professor Thomas E. Woods, Jr. provides the long neglected answer: the Catholic Church.

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
* 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.]]> 2005 1 0 false Mon Jun 02 19:14:23 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 12:45:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11581211 612579 313011 0895260387 9780895260383 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131m/313011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131s/313011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313011.How_the_Catholic_Church_Built_Western_Civilization 3.85 65 2005 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 17:20:43 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 17:25:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 67054391 2619231 6473019 0786136553 9780786136551 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6473019-how-the-catholic-church-built-western-civilization-unabridged 3.00 1 2005 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 12 05:41:21 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 05:41:48 -0700 2009 26908561 1317736 313011 0895260387 9780895260383 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131m/313011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131s/313011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313011.How_the_Catholic_Church_Built_Western_Civilization 3.85 65 2005 5 0 false Thu Jul 10 18:35:36 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:07:05 -0700 2008 19464531 653351 313011 0895260387 9780895260383 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131m/313011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131s/313011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313011.How_the_Catholic_Church_Built_Western_Civilization 3.85 65 2005 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 13:43:05 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 13:46:25 -0700 2008 38606081 83526 313011 0895260387 9780895260383 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131m/313011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131s/313011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313011.How_the_Catholic_Church_Built_Western_Civilization 3.85 65 2005 0 0 false Tue Nov 25 06:08:39 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 15:11:38 -0800 2009 37221874 1696762 313011 0895260387 9780895260383 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131m/313011.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173670131s/313011.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/313011.How_the_Catholic_Church_Built_Western_Civilization 3.85 65 2005 5 0 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 19:25:19 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 19:26:43 -0800 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=313011