Part I. Introduction. A universe of grace and reason -- Part II. Evolution: from challenge to theological advantage. Four challenges of evolution -- Evolution and divine design -- Natural selection and a God of love -- Struggle, pain, and death and the goodness of creation -- Common ancestry and human uniqueness -- Part III. Cosmology and creation. The origin and development of an inhabitable universe -- A universe finely tuned for life -- Logos: the divine source of reason -- Part IV. Creation's gifts and human response. The given and the earned -- The old and the new.
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