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D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-

What's so great about Christianity / Dinesh D'Souza.

Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., ©2007.

xvii, 348 pages ; 24 cm

Examines the assumptions of Christianity and atheism, and argues, among other issues, that Christianity explains what modern science tells us about the universe and our origins better than atheism.

Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-334) and index.

Preface: A challenge to believers -- and unbelievers -- pt. 1: The future of Christianity. The twilight of atheism : the global triumph of Christianity -- Survival of the sacred : why religion is winning -- God is not great : the atheist assault on religion -- Miseducating the young : saving children from their parents -- pt. 2: Christianity and the West. Render unto Caesar : the spiritual basis of limited government -- The evil that I would not : Christianity and human fallibility -- Created equal : the origin of human dignity -- pt. 3: Christianity and science. Christianity and reason : the theological roots of science -- From logos to cosmos : Christianity and the invention of invention -- An atheist fable : reopening the Galileo case -- pt. 4: The argument from design. A universe with a beginning : God and the astronomers -- A designer planet : man's special place in creation -- Paley was right : evolution and the argument from design -- The Genesis problem : the methodological atheism of science -- pt. 5: Christianity and philosophy. The world beyond our senses : Kant and the limits of reason -- In the belly of the whale : why miracles are possible -- A skeptic's wager : Pascal and the reasonableness of faith -- pt. 6: Christianity and suffering. Rethinking the Inquisition : the exaggerated crimes of religion -- A license to kill : atheism and the mass murders of history -- pt. 7: Christianity and morality. Natural law and divine law : the objective foundations of morality -- The ghost in the machine : why man is more than matter -- The imperial "I" : when the self becomes the arbiter of morality -- Opiate of the morally corrupt : why unbelief is so appealing -- The problem of evil : where is atheism when bad things happen? -- pt. 8: Christianity and you. Jesus among other gods : the uniqueness of Christianity -- A foretaste of eternity : how Christianity can change your life.

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