Part I. Conceptual Clarifications: On the Meaning of Terms:
1. Natural Theology: A Deeper Structure to the Natural World:
Natural Theology in the Classical Tradition
The Conceptual Fluidity of Natural Theology
The Eternal Return of Natural Theology
2. Darwinism: A Narrative of Evolution:
Darwinism: A Defensible Term?
Darwinism as an Ideology ; The Metaphysical Inflation of Evolutionary Thought
Conclusion to Part I
Part II. Historical Exposition: Darwin and the English natural theology tradition:
3. English Natural Theology of the Augustan Age, 1690-1745:
The Emergence of English Natural Theology
Newtonian Physics and Natural Theology
The Protestant Assumptions of English Natural Theology
A Foundation for Consensus : The Doctrine of Creation
Physico-theology : The Appeal to Contrivance
Natural Theology and the Beauty of Nature
The Problem of Development within Nature
Assessing Evidence : Changing Public Perceptions
4. A Popular Classic: William Paley's Natural Theology (1802):
Introducing Paley's Source : Bernard Nieuwentyt's Religious Philosopher (1718)
The Watch Analogy : The Concept of Contrivance
Paley on Intermediary Causes within Nature
The Vulnerability of Paley's Approach
5. Beyond Paley: Shifts in English natural Theology, 1802-52:
The Impact of Geology upon Paley's Natural Theology
Henry Brougham : A Natural Theology of the Mind
Evidence, Testimony, and Proof : A Shifting Context
A New Approach : The Bridgewater Treatises
John Henry Newman : The Theological Deficiencies of Paley
Robert Browning's "Caliban Upon Setebos" : A Literary Critique of Paley
English Natural Theology on the Eve of the Darwinian Revolution
6. Charles Darwin, natural Selection, and Natural Theology:
The Development of Darwin's Vies on Natural Selection
Problems, Prediction, and Proof : The Challenge of Natural Selection
Natural Selection and Natural Theology : An Assessment of Darwin's Impact
Conclusion to Part II
Part III. Contemporary Discussion: Darwinism and natural theology:
7. A Wider Teleology: Design, Evolution, and Natural Theology:
Directionality within the Natural World
Teleology : Introducing an Idea
Chance, Contingency, and Evolutionary Goals
The "Wider Teleology" of Evolution
The Inference of Design and Natural Theology
Suffering, Evolution, and Natural Theology
8. The Concept of Creation: Reflections and Reconsiderations:
The Seventeenth Century : The Regnant Theology of Creation
Creation as Event and Process : Augustine of Hippo
Evolution and an Emergent Creation
God's Action within the Evolutionary Process
9. Universal Darwinism: Natural Theology as an Evolutionary Outcome?
The Darwinian Paradigm and Cultural Replicators
Religion : Evolutionary Adaptation of Spandrel?
Natural Theology and Evolutionary Theories of the Origins of Religion
Conclusion to Part III
Part IV. Conclusion:
10. The Prospects for Natural Theology:
Natural Theology and the Human Evolutionary Past
Natural Theology, Observational Traction, and the Best Explanation
A Community of Discernment : The Church and Natural Theology
In Quest of Meaning.