What do we mean by creation and evolution? What are the common scientific objections to evolution? Is evolution atheistic? Who were Adam and Eve? Can the concept of the Fall be reconciled with evolutionary theory? How could a God of love create a world where animals kill each other? What about intelligent design?

The author concludes that the question in the title is a false dichotomy: we do not need to choose, since both are true. 'Nature is what God does' - Augustine.

Dr Denis Alexander is joint editor of the journal Science and Christian Belief and works at The Babraham Institute in Cambridge, where he is Chairman of the Molecular Immunology Programme.