Table of Contents

Personal 1997 (first edition) ix

Personal 2022 (second edition) xii

Introduction 1

How This Book is Put Together 7

1 Origins of the Earth 11

2  Origins of Life 21 

3  How Life Works 41

4  How an Organism Works 63

5  How Evolution Works 75

6  The Evolution of Biodiversity 87

7  Awareness and the I-Self 101

8  Interpretations and Feelings 123

9  Sex 135

10  Intimacy 147

11  Multicellularity and Death 157

12  Human Evolution 167

13  Human Morality and Ecomorality 187

Epilogue: Emergent Religious Principles 211

The Religious Naturalist Orientation 219

Endnotes 1: Legends for Cover Image and Chapter Frontispieces  227

Endnotes 2: References and Further Reading/Resources   231

Index 249