Chapter 1 - Melancholy Theology
§1 An Invitation
§2 A Preview
Chapter 2 - In, Out, Up, Down, and Around -- Five Conversations
§1 In -- On the Noetic Effects of Sin
§2 Out -- The Orbists
§3 Up -- The Overbearing Jeniuus
§4 Down -- Timon's Wish
§5 Around -- The Beasts
Chapter 3 - The Fruit of that Forbidden Tree
§1 Why Privilege Knowledge?
§2 Of Obstacles and Cautionary Tales
§3 Skepticism Considerations
§4 Happiness and Well-Being Considerations
§5 Aesthetic (and Other Value-Oriented) Considerations
§6 Moral Considerations
§7 Religious Considerations
§8 And Never Look Inside
Chapter 4 - Harbison
§1 Confusion
§2 Vulnerability
§3 The Oxford Temper
§4 Some Unsolicited Advice
§5 A Birthday Gift
Chapter 5 - Theontology -- Every Creature is a Word of God
§1 Non-person Non-human Non-sentients
§2 Non-person Non-human Sentients
§3 Non-person Human Non-sentients
§4 Non-person Human Sentients
§5 Person Non-human Non-sentients
§6 Person Non-human Sentients
§7 Person Human Non-Sentients
§8 Person Human Sentients
§9 Theontology
Chapter 6 - Chronophobia
§1 Chronophobia and the Fall into Time
§2 Midway in Our Life's Journey
§3 But the Evil which I Would Not, that I Do
§4 Religion is an Abyss: It is a Terror
Chapter 7 - Agathon and Kalon -- The Candidates
§1 Moral Perfection and Aesthetic Perfection
§2 The Common Core
§3 On the Incompatibility of Moral Perfection and Aesthetic Perfection
§4 'Agathon' and 'Kalon'
§5 Against Agathon and Against Kalon: Attribute-Inconsistency, Foreknowledge and Freedom Arguments, Arguments from Evil and Ugliness
§6 The Arguments from Evil and Ugliness -- A Closer Look
§7 Defense of Agathon and Defense of Kalon: Ontological Arguments, Cosmological Arguments, Teleological Arguments
§8 The Fine-Tuning Argument -- A Closer Look
Chapter 8 - Agathon and Kalon -- The Choice
§1 Perfect Being Theology
§2 God's Testimony
§3 The Curious Case of Forseti and Loki
§4 Beauty Masquerading as Goodness
§5 Why Something Rather than Nothing?
§6 O Decora Culpa!
§7 The Greatest Story Ever Told
§8 A Serious Challenge for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
§9 Choose Your Own Adventure
Chapter 9 - Adam's Ribs
§1 On Chideleading
§2 Contemptus Mundi
§3 It May Well be Hope
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