Vishal Mangalwadi – författare

Understand the world around you better when you learn how the Bible transformed and sustained Western culture for the past millennium.Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will reshape your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization.In The Book That Made Your World, Indian author, philosopher, and intellectual, Vishal Mangalwadi systematically illustrates how precepts from the Bible became the framework for societal structure throughout the last millennium. From politics and science to academia and technology, the Bible became the key that unlocked the Western mind.Through Mangalwadi's wide-ranging and fascinating investigation, you'll discover:What triggered the West's passion for scientific, medical, and technological advancementHow the biblical notion of human dignity informs the West's social structure and how it intersects with other worldviewsHow the Bible created a fertile ground for women to find social and economic empowermentHow the Bible has uniquely equipped the West to cultivate compassion, human rights, prosperity, and strong familiesThe role of the Bible in the transformation of educationHow the modern literary notion of a hero has been shaped by the Bible's archetypal protagonist Journey with Mangalwadi as he examines the origins of a civilization's greatness and the misguided beliefs that threaten to unravel its progress. Learn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization.

Descubre cómo fue que la Biblia se convirtió en la fuente de derechos humanos, justicia, heroísmo, optimismo, compasión, capitalismo, familia y moralidad.En los años sesenta muchos occidentales viajaron a Oriente en busca de sabiduría espiritual. El libro que dio forma al mundo hace el viaje inverso. El filósofo indio Vishal Mangalwadi guía a los lectores en un viaje histórico a lo largo del último milenio, en el que explora cómo y por qué la Biblia reformó Europa y convirtió a Occidente en una civilización con una forma de pensar única: técnica y tolerante, científica y libre, justa y próspera. Los lectores aprenderán:Por qué el presidente de los Estados Unidos pone la mano sobre la Biblia al prestar juramento para asumir un puesto laico.Qué obligó a los monarcas ingleses a partir de Enrique VIII a someterse a la autoridad de la Biblia.Por qué los traductores de la Biblia Wycliffe, Lutero y Tyndale se convirtieron en grandes revolucionarios de la historia.De qué forma globalizó la Biblia la educación occidental.Book that Made Your WorldDiscover how the Bible became the West’s source of human rights, justice, heroism, optimism, compassion, capitalism, family, and morality.In the 1960s many from the West went to the East in search of spiritual wisdom. El libro que dio forma al mundo will reverse the journey. Vishal Mangalwadi, an Indian philosopher, will take readers on a historical journey through the last millennium, exploring why and how the Bible reformed Europe and made the West a uniquely thinking civilization: technical and tolerant, scientific and free, just and prosperous. Readers will learn:Why an American president puts his hand on the Bible to take the oath of a secular officeWhat forced British monarchs from Henry VIII to James I to submit to the Bible’s authorityWhy Bible translators Wycliffe, Luther, and Tyndale became history’s greatest revolutionariesHow the Bible globalized western education