Evolution: Secular or Sacred?

Should we attempt to understand (macro-)evolutionary biology in the twenty-first century as secular or sacred? This book will attempt to answer this question by exploring the secular evolutionary worldview the authors view of kenotic-causation Whiteheads views on chance Derridas views on non-human animals a statement upon the God of chance and purpose Augustines various theologies of creation a decidedly non-dualistic (macro-)evolution a provocative thesis regarding evolutionary Christology the connection between kenosis and emergence and an explication of both Anders Nygren and Thomas Jay Oords views of love in the contemporary environ. It also develops the authors personal view regarding necessary kenotically-donated and self-giving love and argues that kenosis and emergence can add to the discussion of understanding the theology-science-love symbiosis. It advocates and explicates herein a monistic process-based view of the overlapping relationship between theology and science.