But such loss is not confined to the sciences. It is also present in theology itself, in the many theologies that over the centuries have thought that there is an “order of creation” to which we have access apart from the “order of redemption.” This is a far-reaching claim that runs against much of the tradition of theology. To make the case fully would require another volume that carefully delineates the ways that this separation of creation and redemption in theology has led to various mistakes.