| Foreword: Tony Hewish |
|
xi | |
| Preface: John Polkinghorne |
|
xiii | |
| Introduction |
|
1 | |
| 1. Leading Questions |
|
5 | |
|
|
|
5 | |
|
|
|
9 | |
|
|
|
11 | |
|
4. Creation and Evolution |
|
|
14 | |
|
|
|
16 | |
|
|
|
17 | |
|
|
|
19 | |
|
|
|
22 | |
|
|
|
24 | |
| 2. The Concept and Existence of God |
|
26 | |
|
10. Can God's Existence Be Proved? |
|
|
26 | |
|
|
|
27 | |
|
12. How Can God Inhabit Eternity? |
|
|
31 | |
|
13. Does God Know Everything? |
|
|
32 | |
|
14. Is Everything Divinely Predestined? |
|
|
34 | |
|
15. Is God the Source of All Morality? |
|
|
34 | |
|
16. What about the Trinity? |
|
|
35 | |
| 3. The Universe |
|
39 | |
|
17. How Did the Universe Begin? |
|
|
39 | |
|
18. How Can Something Come from Nothing? |
|
|
40 | |
|
19. Isn't Everything Random? |
|
|
41 | |
|
20. What is the Anthropic Principle? |
|
|
43 | |
|
21. Have Anthropic Arguments Been Refuted? |
|
|
45 | |
|
22. Why Is the Universe So Big? |
|
|
50 | |
|
23. Will Everything, Eventually, Be Explained by Science? |
|
|
50 | |
|
24. Is a Unified Theory of Everything Possible? |
|
|
51 | |
| 4. Evolution |
|
54 | |
|
25. Is Evolution Fact or Theory? |
|
|
54 | |
|
26. What about Intelligent Design? |
|
|
56 | |
|
27. Can the Mind Be Explained by Evolution? |
|
|
58 | |
|
28. Isn't Evolution Unethical? |
|
|
60 | |
|
29. Why Is Evolution so Wasteful? |
|
|
61 | |
| 5. Evil |
|
63 | |
|
30. Where Does Evil Come From? |
|
|
63 | |
|
31. Who or What Is "the Devil"? |
|
|
65 | |
|
|
|
66 | |
|
33. Is Original Sin a Result of Nature or Nurture? |
|
|
67 | |
|
34. Why Do People Choose Evil? |
|
|
68 | |
|
35. Does Religion Inspire Evil Acts? |
|
|
69 | |
| 6. Human Being |
|
71 | |
|
36. Who Were Adam and Eve? |
|
|
71 | |
|
37. What Does It Mean to Be Created "in the Image of God"? |
|
|
72 | |
|
38. When Does an Embryo Become a Person? |
|
|
73 | |
|
|
|
74 | |
|
|
|
77 | |
|
41. Does Human Life Have a Purpose? |
|
|
78 | |
|
42. Do Humans Matter More Than Animals? |
|
|
80 | |
| 7. Religion |
|
83 | |
|
43. Is Atheism a Form of Faith? |
|
|
83 | |
|
|
|
84 | |
|
45. Which Stories in the Bible Are True? |
|
|
85 | |
|
46. How Does the Death of Jesus Save the World? |
|
|
88 | |
|
47. Why Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead? |
|
|
88 | |
|
48. How Much Do You Need to Believe to Be a Christian? |
|
|
89 | |
|
49. What Place Do Non-Christians Have in God's Universe? |
|
|
90 | |
|
50. Will Sinners Suffer Eternal Punishment? |
|
|
92 | |
|
51. What Is the Point of Praying? |
|
|
94 | |
| 8. Conclusion |
|
96 | |
| Appendix A: Anthropic Fine-Tuning |
|
99 | |
| Appendix B: The Brain and Mind |
|
117 | |
| Appendix C: Evolution |
|
138 | |
| Notes |
|
155 | |
| Glossary |
|
169 | |
| Selected Bibliography |
|
177 | |
| Index |
|
181 | |
