Life After Death: The Evidence

Diinesh makes a logical and reasoned approach to the subject.
I especially enjoyed the various disciplines used to state his case; science, philosophy and religion. I highly recommend it to those searching for answers.

Dinesh D'Souza has written a throrough overview and discussion of the philosophical, scientific and theological thinking on the questions of creation and the reality of the Afterlife. There are several chapters I plan to reread. I have already recommended this book to others. I competed reading the book in a few days because it is written in a clear and cogent manner.

Very, very informative and Dinesh certainly did his research...full of facts and as with most of his books, easy to read (even if I did have to look up a few words that I had never seen before). Excellent book!

As a believer in survival myself, I was disappointed in this book. The title is misleading; it is not a summary of the evidence pro or con. Although this aspect is lightly touched upon, the majority of the book consists of philosophical disputation, intended to prove that the case for survival is proven philosophically -- a thesis that many, perhaps most, with a background with philosophy would find dubious, rather like Hegel's philosophical proof that there were exactly seven planets, a few months before the discovery of Uranus.

Dinesh D'Souza does a masterful job of condensing the works of brilliant people to defend his belief in life after death. Though he admits that proof is impossible, his astounding "Evidence" for it is rock solid. He shows beyond a doubt that those who believe stand on much firmer ground than those who don't. His polite, well-reasoned "smack down" of athiest and materialist views is refreshing. By respecting their questions but demolishing their incoherent answers, he shows them as the confused posers they are. This book complety shaters the myth that religious views are unreasonable.

Life After Death: The Evidence by Dinesh D'Souza is wonderfully written book. Dinesh D'Souza is not only a great speaker but he is also a great author. This book is inspiring and definitely makes me want to order more of his writings.

Quite a comprehensive book, but could use some editing. Too often he tellls us what he is going to do rather than just do it, but it is rich in references and perspective on the philosophy surrounding and permeating this question.

This is an excellent treatment of these issues. Hard as it is to say, this is Dinesh D'Souza's best book yet. It collects practically all of the best arguments from both sides but demonstrates that one side is more coherent than the other. The writing is crystal clear. I found myself thinking it would make a great text book if only one of my courses could focus on these issues instead of only touching on them occasionally. Perhaps the only neat thing I would have wanted to see was a discussion of Brian Greene's section on "The Frozen River" in his book "The Fabric of the Cosmos". What are the implications of this? It seems that modern physics proves there is eternal life. I do love the multiple references to famous lines along with the extra digging that fills in the often startling background that really changes the perspective on what those lines may mean. Now to get my book group to read this one.

Quite a comprehensive book, but could use some editing. Too often he tellls us what he is going to do rather than just do it, but it is rich in references and perspective on the philosophy surrounding and permeating this question.

This is an excellent treatment of these issues. Hard as it is to say, this is Dinesh D'Souza's best book yet. It collects practically all of the best arguments from both sides but demonstrates that one side is more coherent than the other. The writing is crystal clear. I found myself thinking it would make a great text book if only one of my courses could focus on these issues instead of only touching on them occasionally. Perhaps the only neat thing I would have wanted to see was a discussion of Brian Greene's section on "The Frozen River" in his book "The Fabric of the Cosmos". What are the implications of this? It seems that modern physics proves there is eternal life. I do love the multiple references to famous lines along with the extra digging that fills in the often startling background that really changes the perspective on what those lines may mean. Now to get my book group to read this one.

What an excellent and profound understanding. Not only does D'Sousa bring out concepts that will debunk any atheist, he takes us into the mind of an atheist to remove obstacles that would interfere with with proper reasoning. Thankyou sir, for better equipping me to reason with the unbeliever!

The author presents his ideas in an impecable way. He is systematic in his thoughts, very clear, and, almost unbiased. However, I was not asking for an intensive course in philosophy, I was not looking this time for a book about God, and I didn't want to listen (again) to pro-Christian arguments. Usually, I love to read God related books, but this time I was looking for Evidence of Life after death. The title promised exactly that, so, where is it?

I would urge Christian, non-Christian, and atheist alike to read this book with an open mind to see a different perspective on the "When you're dead, you're dead" view so prevalent in our Western society. A great book!

Information: 1st, we receive information through our senses: senses of the soul and of the body. Information becomes knowledge. If that information did not already exist within us, hence something new that we have learned, then it came from without, or outside of ourselves. Now, information is what the entire universe if composed of. We have been discovering information about our universe from the beginning. Since this knowledge did not originate within us, we are learning it from the "things" that are from without us - or outside of us. Information comes in 2 forms: conceptual, non-material and instantiations of those non-material, conceptual ideas: physical objects, which we have been studying from the beginning of the human race. Since all knowledge of the world, universe and ourselves is not already within us: hence we learn; we can be assured that we have subject and objective sources from which to draw our knowledge: subjects (within ourselves) and objects (things, places, people, ideas) that are outside of ourselves. Though it is true that we can only assess knowledge from our subject faculties, we obviously have information to work with that comes to us from the outside of ourselves. Hence the question: whence came all this knowledge? whence came all this information that has been here for billions of years before we as the human race showed up?
The source of information is ultimately, Jesus the Christ and for us as humans, we have 2 places from which to draw upon this source: from within and from without. Therefore we can be sure of 2 realities: within ourselves (subjective) and from outside ourselves (objective) though we have fallible faculties that we use daily to interpret this information, it is still information from within and from without.

The author shoots himself in the foot four times in the first chapter by admitting freely that he has no proof of life after death. Then he spends the remainder of the book proving he has no evidence. He gets two stars for presenting plethora of non-proof in an organized and logical order. He leaves no stone unturned, and thus covered every base that has ever existed in the discussion/debate about life after death, but leaves any reasonably studied individual numb from the serious lack of compelling proof. The only reason he claims he can provide the "preponderance"of evidence necessary to convince any reasonable person is because he has fallen for his own garbage. But if you want a thorough and organized chronicle of the best arguments that exist that argue life after death, they're contained between the covers of this book.

This book begins on a fairly high plain that reviews and interprets many sophisticated ideas regarding materialism, free will, and consciousness. But by the time the books ends, D'Souza's narrative regresses into Sunday School Christianity.

I really enjoyed this book, the most significant take away for me was that rational scientific thought does not lead one to atheism, but at best agnosticism. If you read the about the quantum physics, nature of dimensions, philosophy, and NDE's you can infer that the balance of the scale does indicate something after death. The Christian faith is just that, faith and by definition cannot be proven, but neither can the flip side be proven.

This book takes on the religious perspective as well which assumes all unknown is a mystical act of God. Science does discover that the earth is not the center of the universe, the sun is not a chariot in the sky.. each step seemingly taking away a believer's God. But the balance that I find fascinating is that with each step science is proven wrong as well from it's earlier position ( we find Newton primitive now ), but our society tends to be forgiving of science instead of embracing it as an evolving understanding of God. The other side of the table needs to be careful in pronouncing knowledge of Gods will and that areas of science encroach upon his dominion.

The author speaks a bit about why Christianity is good for us and I think this deviates from really being evidence of life after death. Well written and I think if you take off your preconcieved notions whichever side of the divide you are on you will find this book a great read.

It should be immediately apparent this is a loaded topic. I notice much criticism is in the form of a projection as to what the author is writing about. Actually D'Souza is a damn good logician and presents the arguments in a straightforward manner.
If a sacred oxen gets gored in this process it is just a matter of logic as the author lets the chips fall where they may.
If you cant argue objectively about an emotionally loaded subject - and many cant- then expect to be uncomfortable.

I wish I could afford to give a copy of this book to all my family and friends as it is exceptional. A hearty 2 thumbs up!

I have long been intrigued by this topic. The first book I read was Life After Death by Raymond Mooney. It was largely anectodtal with some scientific information and comments dispersed in between. This book was scientific to the point where I could not get fully interested and engaged. I never really found the "evidence" in this book.

This educator and author is constantly seeking out info and data on soooo many subjects, including this on. It is a well-researched and crafted examination of a subject that too many Americans shy away from.

I have been reading the book "Life After Death, The evidence" by Diniesh D'Souza. It is well written and scholaryl. He bases his premises on well-thought out arugments. He approaches his subject from a philosophical point of view and I think deserves serious consideration.

I was pleasantly surprised at how broad and how well written this study is.

This book does not get into resources available to us at all but I considered that there were two sources human and natural. And I am concerned and have been for some time with the fact that we seem to be determined to whatever is necessary to use them both up as fast as possible.

The natural resources are used up by simply using them up.

The human resources are used up by not using them.

Without pointing it out this book makes a pretty good case for their being a third type of resources we are ignoring almost completely. There may be some sort of divine resources are which available and these resources would be unlimited.

NOTE: Mr. D'Souza does not make this specific point about available divine resources. I drew that conclusion after reading this fine book.

01/09/2010 J. Lynders FTg/M/?

Outstanding!!!! Dinesh states the issues very clearly. He states the case against without prejudice and then his own case. His argumentation process is clear and deeply penetrating. My own thought processes are "stretched" as I read this book. This is one of my ALL Time favorite books. Highly recommended.

I thought the book was well written and provided great facts for the doubters of afterlife. However, it was difficult to follow the writer's point at times. It took extra care to read the book; it was definitely not an easy book to read. I do recommend this book though.

This book covers a very complex subject, in that science and faith are traveling the same path toward solving a problem as old as mankind itelf. He comes with objectivity and sound reasoning that makes for a very enjoyable read.
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Dinesh, does this as well as anyone can and he does it and with a great sense of humor. His arguments are supported with superior reasoning and a tremendous understanding of science. The technical aspect of his arguments are reduced to a level where the layman can understand readily where he is coming from. He obviously writes for the common man. For this we thank him.

Dinesh has done it again!. D'Souza's respectful treatment of opposing views always has me thinking "YES, that is exactly it...that is the BIG question...this is the other side of the arguement." In typical fashion, D'Souza then goes on to thoughtfully make his compelling case. My faith is always strengthened after a D'Souza read precisely because he is fair to all sides of an issue. This is a GREAT book! Read it and renew the way you approach others and the way you live your life.

I was skeptical about this book when it started with a Near Death Experience (NDE). I shouldn't have been. The NDE of Dinesh's wife, Dixie, was just a jumping off point to draw in the reader. With wit and conversational style, Dinesh lays out a number of contemporary arguments from biology, physics, philosophy and ethics. He presents easy-to-access arguments and only reaches into theology near the end, which, in my opinion, was intellectual thoroughness. Then he uses a summary of all the arguments presented in the book to review the most notorious instance of life after death, the life of Jesus Christ through historical analysis, not dogmatic claims. To preview the book intelligently, read the last chapter and decide whether you want to hear the arguments he summarizes. Each is fairly presented, in a detailed, clear and intellectually honest way. Together they can't prove the question of life after death, but they will certainly open your mind to the legitimacy of contemporary intellectual arguments and the light they bring to this important question. Christopher Hitchens, who has debated D'Souza often on the existence of God, writes a complimentary jacket blurb. I will read this book twice. If you are able to read intelligently outside Dawkins-blindered materialism, I bet you will, too.