The Philosophy of Natural Theology / An Essay in confutation of the scepticism of the present day

A sustained defense of natural theology against contemporary materialist and skeptical objections, arguing that evidence of design and adaptation in the natural world, together with moral consciousness, provide convergent lines of proof for a rational belief in a divine will. The writer critiques recent methodological errors that weakened natural theology, examines empirical instances of contrivance and teleology, and appeals to moral experience as an independent warrant. He addresses skeptical challenges concerning causation and the laws of nature, allows that departures from established courses may be attributable to divine agency and human free will, and seeks to reestablish natural theology as a disciplined, multifaceted inquiry.