From the Book - First edition.
Part I: The rise and fall of theistic science. The Judeo-Christian origins of modern science
Three metaphors and the making of the scientific world picture
The rise of scientific materialism and the eclipse of theistic science
Part II: Return of the God hypothesis. The light from distant galaxies
The curvature of space and the beginning of the universe
The origin of life and the DNA enigma
The Cambrian and other information explosions
Part III: Inference to the best metaphysical explanation. How to assess a metaphysical hypothesis
The God hypothesis and the beginning of the universe
The God hypothesis and the design of the universe
The God hypothesis and the design of life
Part IV: Conjectures and refutations. The information shell game
One God or many universes?
Stephen Hawking and quantum cosmology
The cosmological information problem
Collapsing waves and Boltzmann brains
Part V: Conclusion. Acts of God or God of the gaps?
The big questions and why they matter.