Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Evolutionary Sequence -- Chapter 2 The Darwinian Covenant -- Chapter 3 Two Hebrew Skeptics -- The pessimism of Ecclesiastes -- Job's question -- First challenge and response: an abortive adaptation -- Second challenge and response: tragic negation -- Third challenge and response: an authoritative adaptation -- Selection: the material reward -- Chapter 4 Jesus the Adapter -- Chapter 5 The Tragic Impasse: Shakespearean Constancy and Deviation -- The Darwinian sequence -- A questionable premise, an indistinct challenge, and an uncertain response -- The test of manhood -- The power of negation -- "The cess of majesty" -- The tragic impasse -- Chapter 6 Darwin's Paradox andO'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night -- Chapter 7 Waiting for Godot: The End of Evolution? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction and Chapter 1: The Evolutionary Sequence -- Chapter 2: The Darwinian Covenant -- Chapter 3: Two Hebrew Skeptics -- Chapter 4: Jesus the Adapter -- Chapter 5: The Tragic Impasse: Shakespearean Constancy and Deviation -- Chapter 6: Darwin's Paradox and O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night -- Chapter 7: Waiting for Godot: The End of Evolution? -- Index.