Life after Death

The Evidence

By: Dinesh D’Souza

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Is there life beyond the grave? Is it reasonable to believe in the afterlife? If so, how should we act on those beliefs?

Best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza undertakes an unprecedented voyage of intellectual discovery to reveal the truth about life, death and beyond. Unlike many books about the afterlife, Life After Death makes no appeal to religious faith, divine revelation, or sacred texts. Drawing on some of the most powerful theories and trends in physics, evolutionary biology, science, philosophy, and psychology, D'Souza shows why the atheist critique of immortality is irrational - and draws the striking conclusion that it is reasonable to believe in life after death.

He concludes by showing how life after death can give depth and significance to this life, a path to happiness, and reason for hope.

©2009 Dinesh D’Souza (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Writing not only for the religious believer but also for the honest seeker, Dinesh D'Souza displays a sophisticated understanding of religion, philosophy, history, and science in making a convincing case for life after death." (Deepak Chopra)

Dissappointed

The only way I can describe this book is that it tries desperately to complete a circle but the ends keep missing each other. The author describes the similarities in all religions only to end up saying why his is the only true one. I had hoped this book was really about life after death but found myself in a fantasy world about his concepts of what will be. While progressive revelation has been working the people of this planet from individual families to tribes to nations and to ultimately to one world. The followers and ministers of religions continually work towards divisiveness. When are we going to see that if there is only one God than we all must be worshiping that God, no matter the name. I also find it facinating that we take the worst people from a religion and characterize the whole religion by them.

For example Mohammed told his followers that they could only have as many wives as they could treat equally. To me, being a woman that means one. Before Mohammed, in that part of the world, women held a place lower than cattle. Female infants were burried alive customarily. I am not a Muslem but I would say that Mohammed's teaching was a step up for women. Yet in America, in the 60's, I was taught in public school that Muhammad was evil.

Wickedness in most religions come from the people who pervert it. Christian Ministers constantly try to interpret the Word, when the Bible itself says that to do so is blasphemy. Each person needs to come to her or his own conclusion.

Back to the book. D'Souza gets an A for elequence but a C for reasoning. The book is also written to the Athiest as the audience. The title is misleading and I would not have purchased it had I known the theme.

Information to be learned

Thought provoking and interesting. I enjoyed listening to the many different thoughts on beliefs about what occurs after death. I would have like a little more "evidence."

Really made me think at a whole new level! I

If you could sum up Life after Death in three words, what would they be?

Great book!

What did you like best about this story?

Made me think at a who new level!

What about Robertson Dean’s performance did you like?

Great!!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Modern day way at looking at God!

thought provoking

a well written, thought provoking,well researched,approachs the topic from many angles.Well worth the read time.

Very Good read

The material is very good. However the reader should have an understanding of physics.
Writer is knowledgable and explains the subject matter well and in great depth. Another excellent book by the author.

Better than most

Expansive, articulate, easy to follow but far from simplistic. Just when I think I've heard it all before, he surprises.

Not too bad

There are some really good points made by the author that i had never though of. I got a little lost where it gets very cerebral but seems to look at the whole subject in many aspects, scientific, religious and theology. There was some very deep thought into this.

A Truly Outstanding Expression Of Faith

This is a transformative work, presented in a most scholarly way, creating perhaps the best argument for life after death. It is astoundingly well constructed, and crafted around evidentiary information that considers humankind’s most important philosophical work. Amazing!

Easy listen for some very deep stuff

Loved it!
Most memorable is his seemingly over the top claim to prove the existence of an after life which he did cogently.

Don’t like this author as a person

But this book was great. It seems to present a position that the author as a person doesn’t actually believe.