The Book That Shaped the World

Whether you are an avid Bible student or someone skeptical of its relevance, "The Book That Made Your World" will transform your idea of the Holy Scripture's influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization. In the sixties, many Westerners traveled to the East in search of spiritual wisdom. The Book That Made Your World makes the inverse journey.

Indian philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the personal motivation that fueled his own study of the Bible and systematically illustrates how its precepts became the framework of social structure throughout the last millennium. From politics and science to education and technology, the Holy Bible has become key to understanding the Western mind.

Indian philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi guides readers on a historical journey throughout the last millennium, exploring how and why the Bible reformed Europe and turned the West into a civilization with a unique way of thinking: technical and tolerant, scientific and free, just and prosperous. Readers will learn:

• Why the President of the United States places his hand on the Bible when taking an oath to assume a secular office.
• What forced English monarchs from Henry VIII onwards to submit to the authority of the Bible.
• Why Bible translators Wycliffe, Luther, and Tyndale became great revolutionaries in history.
• How the Bible globalized Western education.
• What triggered the West's passion for science and technological and medical progress.
• How the biblical concept of human dignity shapes the social structure of the West and how it relates to other worldviews.
• How the Bible created fertile ground for women to gain greater social and economic power.
• How the Bible has specially empowered the West to cultivate compassion, human rights, prosperity, and strong families.
• What is the Bible's role in the transformation of education.
• How the modern literary concept of a hero has been shaped by the Bible's archetypal protagonist.

Join Mangalwadi in his analysis of the origins of a civilization's greatness and the misguided beliefs that threaten to undo its progress. Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the last millennium and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and endurance of Western civilization.