Scientists are much more willing to acknowledge a 'mysteriousness' about the universe so that if we attempt to describe one aspect of it we lose information about other aspects. The significance of the 'observer' is recognised both in the 'effect' on the experiment but also in the wonder that the universe has produced beings who can, self-consciously, observe, evaluate and even alter processes within it. It is recognised increasingly that we have a universe where both necessity and contingency exist. It may be in God's nature to create but the universe he creates is 'open'. It is both subject to laws and free in terms of process.
Biological evolution is, indeed, an example of such necessity and openness of process.
It is not necessary for certain things to happen, but if they do happen, they must happen according to the fundamental laws of nature. Here, of course, he comes up against universal human experience acknowledged in art and literature as much as theology. It is true that human beings have been made in God's image and share his glory but it is also true that there is something desperately wrong with humanity. We know this of ourselves as individuals and we know this of society as a whole. Any denial of our tendency to sin, as personal and social beings, jeopardises authentic spiritual growth for individuals and the struggle for justice in society.