Since I have recently had the opportunity to read a great deal, I have decided to begin keeping a record of the books I have read. I shall write short synopses of each chapter as well as provide a general overview of the book at the end. My first post is a big one, because I am in the midst of completing a book right now. To keep it brief, each chapter will be summarized in a few short sentences.

What's So Great About Christianity: Book Review (Part I)

Chapter 1: D'Souza begins his book with a triumphalist announcement that Atheism is in decay and religions across the board, most notably Christianity, are on the rise.

Chapter 2: In an effort to build his case for the tides turning in favor of Christianity, the author points to biologists' inability to explain religion. Furthermore, he argues that it is areligiousity that needs an explanation within an evolutionary model of life. According to D'Souza, Areligiousity lacks teleological soundness. There is no purpose in atheism.

Chapter 3: The basic attacks on religion are presented with promises made that they will be fleshed out later. Nietzsche's viewpoint is quickly presented. He believed God was not tryannical enough to be feared. Alongside this, atheists, according to the author, argue that religions have caused mass tragedies and crimes against humanity.

Chapter 4: To conclude part I of the book, D'Souza argues that atheists are attempting to indoctrinate children as early as possible to be secular-minded. Furthermore, some atheists have go so far as to call teaching children religion child-abuse. Some would say that religion should be kept around as a historical phenomenon, but not as something useful or true.

Part II: Christianity and the West

Chapter 5: In this chapter, a general synopsis of government and religious beliefs as intertwining powers are discussed. D'Souza makes great efforts to support the idea that religion was important for the American government's emergence in its current form.

Chapter 6: An argument for the fallibility of man and capitalism is presented in this chapter. The general principles of economic theory Americans follow are presented as well as the elevation of the romantic heterosexual relationship in contrast to pederasty.

Chapter 7: To complete part II, we see an argument for human dignity. D'Souza traces the roots of human value through history and expiates Christianity's role in equal rights for women and blacks.

Part III: Christianity and Science

Chapter 8: Christianity is shown to be the soil necessary for modern science. D'Souza shows that the church preserved ancient writing and provided solid epistemological reasons for believing that our universe was predictable because it was created by a person.

Chapter 9: D'Souza argues that theology was the origin for believing the cosmos were able to be rationally discerned and name drops a plethora of scientists.


Chapter 10: As a final touch to the science section, D'Souza lays out how the Galieo incident actually occurred, according to him. This chapter is a strong apologetic for the Church being aligned and not opposed to science.

Part IV: The Argument From Design

Chapter 11:  D'Souza lays out a basic form of the cosmological argument and provides strong evidence for the Big Bang theory as well as points to issues within the Steady State model.