The Emergence of the Supernatural | p. 1 |
The Spirit World Elaborates | p. 19 |
Origin Myths: Accounting for Things as They Are | p. 33 |
The Life of the Soul After Death | p. 55 |
The Later History of Soul Beliefs | p. 69 |
The Birth and Evolution of the Gods | p. 85 |
The Rise of Scientific Thinking | p. 107 |
The Impact of the Physical Sciences | p. 123 |
The Attenuation of the Concept of God | p. 139 |
The Rise and Demise of Idealist Philosophy | p. 153 |
The Expansion of Naturalism | p. 169 |
The Coming of Evolution | p. 193 |
The Impact of Evolution | p. 215 |
The Religious Views of Charles Darwin | p. 229 |
The Twin Specters of Atheism and Materialism | p. 241 |
Vitalism versus Mechanism in the Interpretation of Life | p. 271 |
Accounting for the Origin of Life | p. 295 |
Evolution and Emergence | p. 305 |
The Diminishing Role of God in History | p. 313 |
Free Will versus Determinism | p. 321 |
The Doctrine of the Two Magesteria | p. 339 |
The Scientists Speak Up: The Theists | p. 349 |
The Scientists Speak Up: The Non-Theists | p. 361 |
Trends in Belief to the End of the Nineteenth Century | p. 375 |
Secularism and Religion Continue to Compete | p. 385 |
Current Status and Future Prospects | p. 411 |
References | p. 425 |
Index | p. 459 |
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