Tearing Down Strongholds begins with a whirlwind tour of the history of modern thinking. In twelve short pages you'll learn all that you need to know (and more than you'll probably want to know) about the sources and trajectories of the bankrupt philosophies spawned by the Enlightenment. By the end of the first chapter you'll be wondering why would anyone who prides themselves on clear thinking continue to embrace these worldviews which, regardless of their validity, have so clearly led to disaster after historical disaster.