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Introduction: A History of the Church in 100 Objects
MIKE AQUILINA & GRACE AQUILINA
"A fascinating, unique spiritual feast." - Rodney Stark

What "Dark Ages"
MICHAEL NOVAK
A review of "The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success" by Rodney Stark.

How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and the Success of the West
RODNEY STARK
Christian faith in reason and in progress was the foundation on which Western success was achieved.

Jerusalem's Rational God
RODNEY STARK
Modernity developed only in the West — in Europe and North America.  Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed.  The question is, Why?  The answer — at least the most important answer to that question — is Christianity.

How the West Won — but "Western Civ" Lost
RODNEY STARK
It's remarkably unfashionable to study — or even talk about — the West these days.

Introduction: Confronting Distinguished Bigots
RODNEY STARK
I am not a Roman Catholic, and I did not write this book in defense of the Church.  I wrote it in defense of history.

Protestant Modernity
RODNEY STARK
I was raised on the glories of the Reformation.

Satan, etc.
FATHER BEVIL BRAMWELL, O.M.I.
The choice is stark. Ultimately, do we become partners in Satan's hatred or commit our whole lives to genuine Gospel love?

The Fertility Gap
CHARLES COLSON
Among Western industrialized nations we are in the middle of what one observer calls a "global baby bust"except, that is, among devout Christian families.

The Mundane, Not Just Miracles, Converts the World
AUGUSTE MEYRAT
For many Christians, the rise of Christianity is often treated like a miraculous, spectacular phenomenon.

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