NEW YORK (AP) _ Conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza has been named president of The King’s College, a Christian school located in New York’s Empire State Building.

The 49-year-old D’Souza, whose books include “Illiberal Education” and “What’s So Great about Christianity,” lectures widely and has debated prominent atheists and skeptics.

D’Souza was born in India. His first name means “god of the sun,” but he’s a Roman Catholic.

At The King’s College, D’Souza says he looks forward to preparing young Christians to engage in the highest levels of media, law, business, finance and politics.

He says that’s why the school is strategically located in the heart of New York.