Christianity’s Contribution
The Positive Effects of Religion
By Father John Flynn, LC
ROME, NOV. 26, 2007

(Zenit.org).- The avalanche of books on the merits and demerits of God and religion continues. One of the latest outlines many of the valuable contributions made by Christianity to society.

Dinesh D’Souza, a research scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, authored “What’s So Great About Christianity,” (Regnery Publishing). One of the biggest problems, he argued, is that many are ignorant about the role played for centuries by Christianity.

A common belief is that, after the high point of civilization during Greek and Roman times, the world was plunged into darkness during the Middle Ages, rescued only by the return to classical sources during the Renaissance. The next major advance was supposedly the Enlightenment, which opened up the doors to the modern age. the rest