Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Evolutionary Sequence; Chapter 2 The Darwinian Covenant; Chapter 3 Two Hebrew Skeptics; The pessimism of Ecclesiastes; Job's question; First challenge and response: an abortive adaptation; Second challenge and response: tragic negation; Third challenge and response: an authoritative adaptation; Selection: the material reward; Chapter 4 Jesus the Adapter; Chapter 5 The Tragic Impasse: Shakespearean Constancy and Deviation; The Darwinian sequence; A questionable premise, an indistinct challenge, and an uncertain response |