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Media and Endorsements for Evolution’s Purpose
Utne Reader published an excerpt from the introduction chapter of the book in November 2012. Utne highlighted how “A better understanding of the purpose of evolution will lead directly to a more evolved world.”
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Metanexus Institute, the science and religion foundation, featured a blog post on the book.
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Integral Leadership Review published a review of Evolution’s Purpose and placed it in context with Carter Phipp’s Evolutionaries, and Andrew Cohen’s Evolutionary Enlightenment.
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The Shift Network’s Catalyst Newsletter recommended the book.
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Home Brewed Christianity, the popular progressive Christian website, published a blog on the book and featured a podcast interview of Steve.
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The Cool Twilight Blog reviewed the book.
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The Evolutionary Landscapes Blog reviewed the book.
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Barry Hopewell’s Review of Evolution’s Purpose.
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Below are the names of luminaries who have endorsed the book. (click on a name to read their endorsement):
[raw] [toggle title=”Holmes Rolston III, Ph.D., winner of the 2003 Templeton prize and author of Environmental Ethics“][quote byline=”Holmes Rolston III, Ph.D.” title=”winner of the 2003 Templeton prize and author of Environmental Ethics“]McIntosh is persuasive in his arguments that the scientific facts of evolution cannot stand alone … science shows that historical evolution, whatever its contingencies, is itself on a trajectory of values development. McIntosh has well-researched his sources and integrated them with seminal insight.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D., Distinguished system scientist, President of the Club of Budapest and author of over 30 books on evolution”][quote byline=”Ervin Laszlo, Ph.D.” title=”Distinguished system scientist, President of the Club of Budapest and author of over 30 books on evolution”]A truly excellent, clear and convincing contribution to our understanding of where evolution is taking us, and in that context, what the deeper meaning may be of the Worldshift we are now facing. Should be read by everyone who is willing to wake up and take a responsible role in shaping our common destiny.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Allan Combs, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, California Institute of Integral Studies and author of The Radiance of Being and coauthor of Dreamer of the Earth“][quote byline=”Allan Combs, Ph.D.” title=”Professor of Philosophy, California Institute of Integral Studies and author of The Radiance of Being and coauthor of Dreamer of the Earth“]Many folks are writing about evolution these days, but few with the vision, intelligence, and even brilliance that Steve McIntosh brings to the table. Thank you, Steve! You are our 21st century Henri Bergson.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”John F. Haught, Ph.D., Professor of Theology Georgetown University and author of God After Darwin“][quote byline=”John F. Haught, Ph.D.” title=”Professor of Theology Georgetown University and author of God After Darwin“]Steve McIntosh’s insightful new book is as readable a “guide for the perplexed” as one can expect to find amidst the many conflicting messages in contemporary thought and culture. Mining the wisdom of traditional philosophies and religions, yet fully conversant with contemporary evolutionary science, McIntosh’s fresh synthesis will be helpful to all sincere inquirers.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Andrew Cohen, author of Evolutionary Enlightenment and founder of EnlightenNext Magazine”][quote byline=”Andrew Cohen” title=”author of Evolutionary Enlightenment and founder of EnlightenNext Magazine”]Evolution’s Purpose is a masterpiece! With both uninhibited passion and fierce intellect, philosopher Steve McIntosh deconstructs the materialist paradigm with the precision of an expert neurosurgeon. With gentle persistence and irrefutable logic, he reveals many of the false assumptions in scientific, cultural, and spiritual orientations about our presence in the universe that are less than integral. He takes us on a fascinating journey through the history and evolution of our own conscious and unconscious beliefs, finally delivering us with a truth that is impossible to deny or avoid: We are part of a process that has a direction and through awakening to this life-affirming truth, we discover a sense of purpose that changes everything.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love“][quote byline=”Marianne Williamson” title=”author of A Return to Love“]It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed by the dramatic turn of world events. Evolution’s Purpose presents another view of the chaos . . . that humanity is evolving in an ultimately purposeful way, lending both meaning and illumination to our individual and collective struggles. Steve McIntosh’s brilliant ideas are both stimulating and comforting, as he lays out a theory of our evolution that is both scientifically and spiritually profound.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy University of Colorado at Boulder and co-author of Integral Ecology“][quote byline=”Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.” title=”Professor of Philosophy University of Colorado at Boulder and co-author of Integral Ecology“]Evolution’s Purpose is a moving and profound book that explores the spiritual influences on evolution that are nevertheless consistent with the major tenets of contemporary science. With his clear and accessible prose, Steve McIntosh demonstrates the evolutionary emergence of beauty, truth, and goodness and shows how personal experience confirms the presence of spirit in an evolving cosmos. I highly recommend this book for anyone seeking to make sense of the evolution of cosmos and consciousness.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Barbara Marx Hubbard, Futurist and founder of The Foundation for Conscious Evolution”][quote byline=”Barbara Marx Hubbard” title=”Futurist and founder of The Foundation for Conscious Evolution”]Evolution’s Purpose reaches deep into the living essence of evolution within the cosmos and within ourselves. It gives us strong arguments to carry us beyond the limitations of the neo-Darwinian assertion of no purpose, meaning or direction in evolution; and also beyond the post-modern sense of relativism, by offering a far deeper exploration of the source of purpose itself intrinsic to evolutionary direction. It calls us to become “part of the universal family of conscious evolutionaries who have embarked on the magnificent adventure of experiential perfection.” Most important, this seminal book places the “Evolutionary World View” on the “memetic map” of global culture to guide our generation in the direction of our evolutionary transformation. This is a very important work.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Carter Phipps, author of Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea and Executive Editor of EnlightenNext Magazine”][quote byline=”Carter Phipps” title=”author of Evolutionaries: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea and Executive Editor of EnlightenNext Magazine”]In an intellectual environment where the mindset of Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett dominate all discourse when it comes to evolution, Steve McIntosh give us a scientifically literate, philosophically rich, and spiritually potent alternative. His evolutionary vision is a brilliant light of clear thinking in a landscape dimmed by reactionary atheism and dogmatic materialism. Addressing evolution as a powerful context for meaning and purpose, McIntosh expertly shows us how a new and broader understanding of evolution can revolutionize the way we understand not just physical development but social and cultural progress as well. Deeply considered and tightly argued, Evolution’s Purpose presents a powerful message of hope to the modern world, one that renews our love for spirit and restores our faith in the future.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Martin Lockley, Ph.D., Professor of Paleontology University of Colorado and author of How Humanity Came into Being“][quote byline=”Martin Lockley, Ph.D.” title=”Professor of Paleontology University of Colorado and author of How Humanity Came into Being“]Following in the footsteps of the renowned philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, who questioned the folly of scientists whose purpose was to declare life and evolution purposeless, Steve McIntosh has no such misgivings. He is a man with a purpose, and that purpose is to deliver a positive, progressive message.Evolution’s Purpose is a timely and enlightened exposition about those supposedly subjective, yet all important intangible values of beauty, truth and goodness and how their appreciation and attainment are an integral part of the evolutionary story. Science and philosophy, and McIntosh is well grounded in both domains, are much enriched by integrating these value dimensions into its otherwise overly materialistic cannon.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Terry Patten, co-author of Integral Life Practice and founder of Beyond Awakening Seminars”][quote byline=”Terry Patten” title=”co-author of Integral Life Practice and founder of Beyond Awakening Seminars”]Evolution’s Purpose is a breakthrough book. It redefines the terms of the rational public debate over evolution. In it, Steve McIntosh articulates, in his lucid original voice, important new ideas and persuasive arguments that clarify a hard-headed rationale for the spiritual implications of our scientific under- standing of the story of evolution.[/quote][/toggle] [toggle title=”Jeff Salzman, founder, Boulder Integral Center and CareerTrack Seminars”][quote byline=”Jeff Salzman” title=”founder, Boulder Integral Center and CareerTrack Seminars”]Evolution’s Purpose hits me in a sweet spot, where my scientific mind is transcended—and included—into larger, richer and more sacred dimensions. I feel changed and liberated after reading this book the way I did after finishing The Road Less Traveled and Up from Eden: more awake, heartened, grateful for this gift of existence, and motivated to align my life with the power of loving intelligence that is living in me.[/quote][/toggle] [/raw] [/three_fourth] [clear]
