Ask the beasts: Darwin and the god of love

Beasts and entangled bank : a dialogue. Creation in and out of focus ; Models of engagement ; The weight of a theory ; A wager: good dialogue partners

"When we look

". The author and his amazing book ; Core insight ; Science: special acts of creation ; A religious odyssey ; The beholder

"Endless forms most beautiful". Starting with farm and garden ; Two key elements: variation and struggle ; The theory: natural selection ; The tree of life ; A crowd of difficulties ; Throughout time ; Across space ; Mutual affinities ; "There is grandeur in this view of life"

Evolution of the theory. The center holds ; Misuse of the theory ; Scientific advances ; A cosmic lens ; An ecological lens

The dwelling place of God. "We are fecund and exuberantly alive" ; Obstacles ; Life and love: a trinitarian framework ; Poetic biblical images ; The wisdom of philosophy: participation ; God's dwelling place

Free, empowered creation. Paradigm of the lover ; The wisdom of philosophy: ultimate and proximate causes ; Interplay of law and chance ; Unscripted adventure ; Emergence: on behalf of matter and the body ; Beasts and entangled bank

All creation groaning. "We suffer and die" ; Framing the issue ; Deep incarnation ; The Christic paradigm ; The cross and the tree of life ; Deep resurrection

Bearer of great promise. Bookends ; "We are created" ; "We are finite and will end" ; Cosmic redemption ; Muir's bear

Enter the humans. An evolving singularity ; Eaarth [sic] ; Extinction: never again ; The promise of nature ; Conversion to the earth

The community of creation. "We are all creatures" ; The dominion paradigm ; The community of creation paradigm ; "Where were you ...?" ; Creation's praise and lament ; The ecological vocation ; Onwards, for the love of God.