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It is as though the wandering children of Israel camp on the northern prairies to dream dreams of wild nature which has possessed the familiar (cats, raccoons, and small children ) One might call this post-Darwinian theology. --Mark Elliott University of St. Andrews, School of Divinity About the Contributor(s): Ephraim Radner is Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto. 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