From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Evolutionaries Date: donderdag 16 augustus 2012 20:22 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 413 Amsterdam, August 16th, 2012 THE EVOLUTION RELIGION: MAKING SENSE OF EVOLUTION - Review of Carter Phipps' Evolutionaries (2012) - FRANK VISSER The adjective "evolutionary" has become a buzz word in the integral world, "evolutionary spirituality" the household name to designate the approach to religion advocated by integral luminaries such as Ken Wilber and Andrew Cohen. To this has been added the substantive "evolutionary" by Carter Phipps, follower of Cohen and author of the recent book by the same name: Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science's Greatest Idea. The idea is that those who adhere to these ideas, not just hold them as intellectual beliefs—as their academic cousins the "evolutionists" do—but are committed to them as an all encompassing worldview or life style. For all practical purposes, evolution has become their religion. Phipps' book can be seen as an attempt, not so much to argue for a scientifically viable theory of biological evolution, as to make philosophical and religious sense of it. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser50.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2197 / Virusdatabase: 2437/5203 - datum van uitgifte: 08/15/12