1. Intellectual warfare : arguments pro and con -- 2. The problem of knowledge -- 3. The problem of causality -- 4. Causality continued : angels and demons -- 5. Soul and body -- 6. Evolution -- 7. Galileo and the church -- 8. Advances in understanding of the origins of sex -- 9. Women and men : scientific and religious perspectives -- 10. Sexual orientation : from harmony to discord to diaspora -- 11. Religion and social metrics -- 12. Absolutism : the disease of philosophical thought.