Readings in the History of Western Civilization

includes index and biblioraphy

The catholic church as an historical phenomenon................3 Christian faith and civilization..................12 On prehistoric men..........37 The book of genesis and modern science...............49 The history of the new testament..........68 Catholicism and the religions of mankind.......79 The fall of the roman empire........92 The lemants of european unity..................107 THe biginning of the universities...124 The Inquisition...............135 The church and the use of the bible..........153 Church and state in the Middle ages ...............164 Byzantine civilization........177 Islam, THe koran, and history.......206 The survival of the catholic church in the sixteenth century..281 Protestantism and liberty.....324 Christianity and capitalism.......332 The council of Trent........350