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Home: Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGEArticles:From Robespierre to al-Qa’eda: categorical extermination - Paul JohnsonAn intellectual is someone who thinks ideas matter more than people. Read more... Galileo - ANNE W. CARROLLIn terms of its effect on science, the scientific revolution was all to the good. However, since the universe came to be seen as working according to rigid laws, God began to be thought of as unnecessary to its day-to-day operation. Read more... Henry VIII, 500 Years Later - Edward PentinKing Henry VIII may have lived five centuries ago, but he remains much in the news. Three leading English historians were asked to put Henry’s actions into proper perspective. Read more... Hitler's Pope? - DONALD DEVINEAfter Pope John Paul II’s successful journey to the Holy Land — including nearly unanimous praise from the Jewish community, many are questioning whether it is worth the firestorm to declare Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, a saint. Read more... Honoring Christopher Columbus - WARREN H. CARROLLColumbus was a flawed hero—as all men are flawed, including heroes—and his flaws are of a kind particularly offensive to today’s culture. But he was nevertheless a hero, achieving in a manner unequalled in the history of exploration and the sea, changing history forever. Read more... How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and the Success of the West - Rodney StarkChristian faith in reason and in progress was the foundation on which Western success was achieved. Read more... How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization - Thomas E. Woods, Jr.From the role of the monks to art and architecture, from the university to Western law, from science to charitable work, from international law to economics, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization delves into just how indebted we are as a civilization to the Catholic Church, whether we realize it or not. Read more... Impressionable Minds: Teaching Politically Correct History - Tom O’BrienModerate as well as conservative historians have come to the conclusion that convergence theory and PC history have some serious problems. Read more... Inquisition - JAMES HITCHCOCKThe subject of the Inquisition illustrates one of the paradoxes of the "information age"—the availability of accurate information on a subject by no means guarantees that such information will affect public perceptions. Read more... Is the Church too Western? - Christopher DawsonIt is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human culture. For she is essentially a supernatural organism which transcends human cultures and transforms them to her own ends. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [>>] Pages Updated On: 10-Mar-2010 - 18:14:38
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