Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Protestant rule of faith / Charles Hodge -- Metaphor / Sallie McFague -- How myths work / Mary Midgley -- The structures of science and religion / Ian G. Barbour -- On the origin of species / Charles Darwin -- The evolution of life : an overview / Francisco J. Ayala -- Is there a limit to our knowledge of evolution? / Michael Ruse -- Genesis 1-2 -- The creationists / Ronald L. Numbers -- Natural theology / William Paley -- Irreducible complexity : obstacle to Darwinian evolution / Michael J. Behe -- Answering the biochemical argument from design / Kenneth R. Miller -- The blind watchmaker / Richard Dawkins -- God's utility function / Richard Dawkins -- Darwin's dangerous idea / Daniel C. Dennett -- The quest for a universal acid / Mary Midgley -- Methodological naturalism under attack / Michael Ruse -- The creation : intelligently designed or optimally equipped? / Howard J. Van Till -- Biological evolution, a positive theological appraisal / Arthur Peacocke -- God's kenosis in the creation and consummation of the world / Jürgen Moltmann -- Does God play dice? Divine providence and chance / Elizabeth A. Johnson -- Evolution, tragedy, and cosmic purpose / John F. Haught -- God and the world / Sallie McFague -- Panentheism and pansyntheism : God in relation / Ruth Page -- On thinking of God as serendipitous creativity / Gordon D. Kaufman.