Thank God for evolution : how the marriage of science and religion will transform your life and our world

Author's promises -- Prologue: personal journey -- The marriage of science and religion -- Itinerant evolutionary evangelism -- Introduction: From "Adam and Eve" to us-and beyond -- Science and religion spurring each other to greatness -- In context -- Overview -- Part I. The holy trajectory of evolution: Our big picture understanding of reality; Stories within stories; What is the great story?; From shape-shifting story to unchanging scripture; Meaning making -- Evolution is not meaningless blind chance: Interpreting our immense journey; The mythopoeic drive; Time's arrow, time's cycle; The role of strife; The role of cooperation; The role of initiative -- Evolution and the revival of the human spirit: The universe can be trusted; You are part of the universe; Accept what is and be in integrity; Grow in evolutionary integrity; Trusting the universe means welcoming challenges -- Part II. Reality is speaking: Private and public revelation: Beyond belief; The birth and maturation of public revelation; Flat-Earth faith versus evolutionary faith; Toward an evolutionary Christianity; Facts are God's native tongue; Religious knowers -- The nested emergent nature of divine creativity: Thank God for the Hubble telescope!; We are made of stardust; The gifts of death; Litany: "the gifts of death" -- Words create worlds: Experiencing God versus thinking about God; The split between religion and science; From clockwork "it" to creative "thou"; Day and night language -- What do we mean by the word "god"?: No Less than a holy name for the whole; Prayer in a nestedly creative cosmos; A personal, undeniable God; God or the universe: what's in a name?; Creatheism; The role of humanity in an evolving universe; Being "faithful to God" -- Part III. The gospel according to evolution: Growing an evolutionary faith: Genesis in context; Don't throw out the apple -- Realizing "the fall" and "original sin": Lessons from evolutionary brain science; Lessons from evolutionary psychology; Resurrecting "the fall"; Your brain's creation story; Reclaiming "original sin" -- Realizing "personal salvation": The challenges of our lizard legacy; Furry li'l mammal to the rescue; Thank God for our higher porpoise!; Discerning your calling exercise; Salvation through evolutionary integrity; The DNA of deep integrity; Christ-like evolutionary integrity; Realizing "saving faith"; Realizing "the gospel" -- Part IV. Evolutionary spirituality: Evolutionary integrity practices: Taming our monkey mind; Taming our lizard legacy; Growing in trust: nurturing humility and faith; Realizing "love your enemies"; Growing in authenticity: realizing "remove the plank"; Growing in compassion/responsibility: realizing "judge not"; growing in gratitude: realizing "love God and your neighbor" -- Evolving our most intimate relationships: Touch and tenderness; Respectful communication; Playfulness and humor; Meaningful songs and rituals; Synergy and service -- Transformed by the renewal of your mind: Deep integrity affirmations -- Imagination matters! upgrading your mental software -- Part V. A "God-glorifying" future: Collective sin and salvation: Wrongdoing in a nestedly emergent universe; Collective sin in an age of information; Confronting institutional sin -- The wisdom of life's collective intelligence: On earth as it is in heaven; Collective deep integrity; Conversation and creative emergence; Co-intelligent social technologies; The core commons; Cultivating discernment within the whole; Co-creating our evolutionary spiritualities -- Knowing the past reveals our way forward: The cosmic century timeline; Aligning self-interest with the well-being of the whole; Who and what are we, really? and why are we here?; Our sense of self and our role in the body of life; Evolutionary revivals -- Beyond sustainability: an inspiring vision: Major challenges in the next 250 years; Wild cards; Long-term and short-term positive trends; Likely good news in the next 250 years -- Our evolving understanding of "God's will": Responding to critics who reject religion because of scripture; Transcending biblical values and scriptural morality; Realizing "holy scripture" and "divine fevelation"; Public revelation: "the ever-renewing testament"; Realizing godly morality and ethics; Wider circles of care, compassion, and commitment; Realizing "Jesus as God's way, truth, and life" -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Testimonial -- Vision -- Appendix A. "Good and bad reasons for believing" by Richard DawkinsAppendix B. Realizing the miraculous: Miracles through the ages -- Realizing "the virgin birth" -- Realizing "Christ's resurrection and ascension into Heaven" -- Invitation -- Acknowledgments -- Resources -- Online resources -- Who's who and sources of ouotations -- Index.