Is Christianity Good for the World?

Few debates crackle quite like this one. When Christianity Today hosted this exchange between Christopher Hitchens, the era's most celebrated atheist and author of God Is Not Great, and Douglas Wilson, a Reformed pastor and Christian apologist, the result was anything but polite. Hitchens brought his characteristic scorn and wit. Wilson brought his characteristic refusal to be steamrolled. The question at the center, Is Christianity good for the world? Seems simple enough, but in the hands of these two combatants, it opens into a fierce and entertaining exploration of history, ethics, human nature, and the roots of Western civilization. Neither man pulls punches. Neither concedes ground easily. Jonah Goldberg contributes additional perspective to round out the volume. What emerges is a sharp, fast-moving snapshot of one of the defining debates of our time: does the Christian faith build civilizations or destroy them? Does it liberate the conscience or imprison it? Does it produce human flourishing, or merely the illusion of it? At 67 pages, this is a quick read, but it packs enough provocation for a much longer conversation. Come for the fireworks. Stay for the argument.