No. 10 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Conservative author and filmmaker
Dinesh D'Souza is a conservative author and filmmaker who has written more than a dozen books.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Dinesh D'Souza's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Spent years on the debate circuit, including a series of debates on religion with Christopher Hitchens at Notre Dame, the University of Colorado and in New York.
Born in Mumbai, D'Souza came to the United States as an exchange student and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in the Reagan administration and has been affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution.
Several of his books have been New York Times best-sellers, and he has released a series of political documentaries since 2012.
On the record
2011
March 2011
Formal debate
Against Dan Barker · UC San Diego
About a thousand people packed the ballroom. KPBS's reviewer thought D'Souza the more persuasive.
2010
November 11, 2010
Formal debate
Against Bart Ehrman · Gordon College
The second of three debates with the New Testament scholar. D'Souza argued that suffering raises a question about the nature of God, not about whether God exists.
2010
April 2010
Formal debate
Against Christopher Hitchens · University of Notre Dame
One of a series of debates on religion with Christopher Hitchens, D'Souza defending faith and Hitchens arguing against organized religion.
2009
January 2009
Formal debate
Against Christopher Hitchens · University of Colorado Boulder
A sold-out crowd of 2,050 watched D'Souza and Hitchens debate whether morality and meaning depend on God.
2007
December 9, 2007
Formal debate
Against Michael Shermer · Caltech, Beckman Auditorium
The Skeptics Society's Great Debate, also asking whether you can be good without God, with D'Souza defending religion.
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