I've heard much about Schaeffer over the years, but I normally don't read these types of book. I appreciate fiction, and for non-fiction, I enjoy memoirs and such. I read this book with a pencil and a dictionary. While the book is a bit dated, it hold true and tracing the way thinking has changed and how it has affected the culture through art, science and so on was insightful and helpful. I believe, as Schaeffer does, that Christianity's view of a living, personal God is the only comprehensive worldview that is livable and makes sense. I try to live that out for others to see, and I appreciated Schaeffer's challenges about how to do so.