Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea
This survey of science, religion and philosophy by an Integral thought leader “brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution” (Deepak Chopra).

Blending cutting-edge ideas with 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 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.”

“A profound and profoundly important new work.” —Ken Wilber, author of A Brief History of Everything and The Integral Vision 

“No one has their head and heart around the full range of evolutionary worldviews like Carter Phipps.” —Reverend Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution 

“A significant contribution.” John F. Haught, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center and Former Chair and Professor of the Department of Theology at Georgetown University

“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

“Thoughtful and provocative.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Phipps’s writing projects a palpable sense of positivity and excitement for what is to come.” —Publishers Weekly
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Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea
This survey of science, religion and philosophy by an Integral thought leader “brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution” (Deepak Chopra).

Blending cutting-edge ideas with 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 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.”

“A profound and profoundly important new work.” —Ken Wilber, author of A Brief History of Everything and The Integral Vision 

“No one has their head and heart around the full range of evolutionary worldviews like Carter Phipps.” —Reverend Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution 

“A significant contribution.” John F. Haught, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center and Former Chair and Professor of the Department of Theology at Georgetown University

“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

“Thoughtful and provocative.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Phipps’s writing projects a palpable sense of positivity and excitement for what is to come.” —Publishers Weekly
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Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea

Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea

by Carter Phipps
Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea

Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea

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This survey of science, religion and philosophy by an Integral thought leader “brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution” (Deepak Chopra).

Blending cutting-edge ideas with 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 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.”

“A profound and profoundly important new work.” —Ken Wilber, author of A Brief History of Everything and The Integral Vision 

“No one has their head and heart around the full range of evolutionary worldviews like Carter Phipps.” —Reverend Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution 

“A significant contribution.” John F. Haught, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center and Former Chair and Professor of the Department of Theology at Georgetown University

“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

“Thoughtful and provocative.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Phipps’s writing projects a palpable sense of positivity and excitement for what is to come.” —Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062100603
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 11/21/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 395
File size: 688 KB

About the Author

Carter Phipps is a writer and speaker and the former executive editor of Enlighten-Next magazine. He lives in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Part I Reexamining Evolution

Prologue: An Evolutionary Vision 3

1 Evolution: A New Worldview 7

2 Breaking the Spell of Solidity 21

3 What Is an Evolutionary? 31

Part II Reinterpreting Science

4 Cooperation: A Sociable Cosmos 49

5 Directionality: The Road to Somewhere 71

6 Novelty: The God Problem 101

7 Transhumanism: An Exponential Runway 125

Part III Rscontextualizing Culture

8 The Internal Universe 155

9 Evolving Consciousness: The Inside Story 181

10 Spiral Dynamics: The Invisible Scaffolding of Culture 211

11 An Integral Vision 233

Part IV Reenvisioning Spirit

12 Evolutionary Spirituality: A New Orientation 263

13 Conscious Evolution: Our Moment of Choice 285

14 The Evolution of Enlightenment 317

15 An Evolving God 339

16 Pilgrims of the Future 365

Acknowledgments 373

Notes 375

Index 391

What People are Saying About This

Deepak Chopra

“Brilliantly expands our understanding of evolution. 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.”

John F. Haught

“This beautifully written book is not only a splendid survey of evolutionary thought and its spiritual implications. It is also a significant contribution to the increasingly important conversation between the natural sciences and our spiritual traditions. Enthusiastically recommended.”

Andrew Cohen

Evolutionaries is a tour-de-force where science, poetic prose, philosophical thinking, and authentic spiritual depth come together to deliver a powerful message of hope, optimism, and inspiration.”

Ken Wilber

“A profound and profoundly important new work. With clarity and deep understanding, Carter Phipps walks us through the great evolutionary pioneers and their ideas in this extraordinary philosophy, making the book absolutely indispensable for lay and professional alike. The very highest recommendation!”

Brian Swimme

“We live in one of those rare historical moments when the deepest metaphysical questions are being turned over and examined as we search for a new orientation for the next millennium. It would be hard to find a better guide into this fascinating conversation than Carter Phipps’s Evolutionaries.”

Elizabeth Debold

“A rare book, equally delightful and deep, Phipps explores how our growing knowledge about the evolutionary process catalyzes nothing less than a revolutionary understanding of our selves.”

Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Essential reading for anyone who cares about humanity’s future and our role in creating a better one. Evolutionaries, is a brilliant, accessibly written, and eye-opening book”

Michael Dowd

“No one has their head and heart around the full range of evolutionary worldviews like Carter Phipps.”

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