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 what do we truly understand about the things we criticize judge or marginalize even if only in our minds thats what ive been wondering lately in the midst of the divisiveness of our current culture after reading a book about the catholic church while i certainly didnt have anything against the catholics i really didnt know . 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. Exhaustively researched and footnoted how the catholic church built western civilization is a virtual compendium of recent research and theory on the indispensable role of the church in european history this is a book that should be in the home of every catholic and anyone interested in defending and understanding the undeniably great contributions of western christendom and european civilization