Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (647 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061916137 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Lenox, Massachusetts.. Carter Phipps is a writer and speaker and the former executive editor of Enlighten-Next magazine
A Masterful Tour of an Emerging Worldview Since the day that Darwin first published "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, our culture has been locked in a war of worldviews, a pitched battle between the scientifically minded and the religiously devout. Is human life the result of a long series of random mutations that, over billions of years, natural ecological selection pressures eve. "The Evolution Religion: Making Sense of Evolution" according to F. Visser. Carter Phipps has been executive editor of the now defunct EnlightenNext magazine, formerly known as What is Enlightenment? In this role, Phipps did many interviews with leading authorities in the fields of science and spirituality. He also authored many essays, among which in 2007 an intriguing overview essay about the many meanings assigne. A new meta-narrative I remember Joseph Campbell stating we don't have a functioning mythology today and we need one. I knew the truth of this and it left me feeling hopeless. Today, I finished Phipps' book and I now see the beginning structures of a new meta-narrative built around the concept of evolution. This is an exciting, deeply intelligent and inspirationa
It would be hard to find a better guide into this fascinating conversation than Carter Phipps’s Evolutionaries.” (BRIAN SWIMME, Ph.D, Director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies)“Brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution. Phipps’s writing projects a palpable sense of positivity and excitement for what is to come.” (Publishers Weekly)“Essential reading for anyone who cares about humanity’s future and our role in creating a better one. Evolutionaries is going to help create a worldview that will influence our understanding of the future direction of evolution and also our role in consciously participating in it.” (DEEPAK CHOPRA)“Phipps offers a challenging reexamination of the connection between the ‘evolutionary dynamics of the universe and the very being of the divine.’ Thoughtful and prov
“Carter Phipps brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution by showing us that a new science is emerging—one that will holistically integrate our understanding of consciousness, cosmology, and evolution.”—Deepak ChopraBlending cutting-edge ideas with incisive spiritual insights, Evolutionaries is the first popular presentation of an emerging school of thought called “evolutionary spirituality.” Carter Phipps, the former executive editor of EnlightenNext magazine, asserts that evolution is not only a scientific but also a spiritual idea in a book whose message has the power to bring new meaning and purpose to life as we know it. Readers will be fascinated and enlightened by Evolutionaries, a book which Deepak Chopra, the world-renowned author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes, Jesus, and Buddha, says “is going to help create a worldview that will influence our vision of the future direction of evolution and also our role in consciously participating in it.&