Can We Believe in People?

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Angelico Press Ltd

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491_9781621385097

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CONTENTSForeword by Catherine Pickstock ixPreface xiii1 The Image and Likeness of God 1Sacred Images [1]—Losing and Recovering the Likeness [5]—Why the Non-human is Neglected [10]—Soul, Spirit, Christ [14]2 Hume’s “Peculiar Privilege” 21The Merits of Evolved Intelligence [21]—The UnreasonableEffectiveness of Mathematics [27]—Reason, Reality and theMind of God [34]3 Moral Realism 41Life’s Work and Symbioses [41]—The Atheistical Paradox[46]—A Quasi-Realist Alternative [54]—The Eternal [65]4 Is Humankind a Natural Kind? 71The Problem of Darwinian Species [71]—Species-specificPerfections [73]—Clades and Classes [78]—Theme andVariation [85]5 Human Dignity 91Family Disputes [91]—Preserving Human Dignity in anEvolutionary Cosmos [97]—The Image Reimagined [110]6 The Roots of Religion 117The Reason Why [117]—The Gods of Common Stuff [125]—Omens and the Hidden Order [133]7 Alien Life on Earth and Elsewhere 141Imagining Other Lives [141]—The Bacterial Cloud [149]—The Eusocial Option [152]—Climbing up to Heaven [158]8 Do We Have a Future? 165Omega Points [165]—The Doomsday Argument [173]—In the Beginning, God [180]Conclusion 191Epilogue 195Works Cited 197Index 211

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