The emergence of the supernatural
The spirit world elaborates
Origin myths : accounting for things as they are
The life of the soul after death
The later history of soul beliefs
The birth and evolution of the gods
The rise of scientific thinking
The impact of the physical sciences
The attenuation of the concept of God
The expansion of naturalism
The rise and demise of idealist philosophy
The coming of evolution and its impact
The religious views of Charles Darwin
The twin specters of atheism and materialism
Vitalism vs. mechanism in the interpretation of life
Accounting for the origin of life
The diminishing role of God in history
Free will vs. determinism
The doctrine of the two magesteria
The scientists speak out : the theists
The scientists speak out : the non-theists
Past trends, current status, and future prospects.
