1. Is God Still the “Creator of Heaven and Earth?” The Darwin Effect in Theology

2. 17 th century conflicts Galileo

3. “Choice of David and Zion” L’osservatore romano of Sept. 22, 2005

4. 21 st Century Controversies

5. 19 th – 21 st century reconciliations Vatican I (1870) Pope Pius XII Divinu afflante spiritu (1946) Humani generis (1950) Vatican II (1962-65) Pope John Paul II Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996) Pope Benedict XVI Pontifical Academy of Sciences (2008)

6. Creation What the Bible says about creation, and why Lorenzo GHIBERTI (1425-52 )

7. “Creator of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible….” Council of Nicaea (325) The Pantokrator presiding over all creation (Monreale, 12 th century)

8. Medieval order The medieval understanding of the order and harmony of the universe La sainte chapelle (13 th century)

9. The Darwin Effect Who is God? (theology) Human relations: competition or cooperation? (anthropology) May the Church alter its structure? (ecclesiology) Is there a divine plan for salvation? (soteriology) “It is the combination of chance and necessary processes in a fertile universe that best explains the universe as seen by science.” ~ George Coyne, S.J., former director of the Vatican Observatory.

10. What creation tells us about God Tintoretto (1550) “From the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator.” (Wisdom 13:5)

11. Competition or Cooperation?

12. Evolving Church? Hierarchical Corporal

13. The Divine Plan Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. The Divine Milieu Baptistery of Florence (11 th – 12 th centuries)