Despite the somewhat Seinfeldian sounding title and a not so enthusiastic review in National Review (sub req) by David Klinghoffer, I found Dinesh D'Souza's What's So Great About Christianity? to be one of my favorite books of 2007. It's D'Souza's best work since The End Of Racism and a well-penned rebuttal to the spate of anti-religious (mostly anti-Christian) tracts penned by aggressive atheists such as Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, and Harris (sounds like a law firm from hell--literally).
D'Souza's book is a good companion piece to Vox Day's The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens and like Vox, he uses reason--which aggressive atheists seem to believe is in their exclusive domain--to hammer gapping holes in the various arguments against the existence of God. In doing so, he examines the real reasons many atheists deny God (no moral code to follow sure makes life more fun) and the inherent problems with "I" centered morality.
Sections of the book also focus on the impact Christianity has had on Western Civilization, the future of Christianity (D'Souza is mostly positive), why Christianity is unique among world religions, and the relationship between Christianity and science, philosophy, and morality. Very weighty subjects to be sure, but D'Souza covers them in an easy to understand and rather brisk manner (the book checks in at just over 300 pages).
D'Souza will be joining us on the First Team of the NARN in a couple of weeks. Plenty of time to pick up a copy of "What's So Great About Christianity?" before the interview.
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