Science, Spirit and Evolution

About carter.phipps

Carter Phipps is a senior editor for What Is Enlightenment? magazine (WIE). In his seven years with WIE, he has penned some of its most in-depth investigative pieces. From metaphysics to politics to science and technology, Phipps brings to his journalistic inquiry the unique evolutionary and contemporary moral and ethical perspective for which WIE is renowned. Over the years, Phipps has delved into the subject of metaphysics from many angles. His most recent feature article "Reincarnation: Death, Rebirth and Everything in Between" (WIE, Issue 32, 2006) is a thought-provoking investigation not merely into the existence of reincarnation and the afterlife, or interlife as some call it, but into the possibility that the human experience of the afterlife (heaven, hell, and the bardo realms) is actually evolving right along with our material world. In addition to interviewing some of the world's leading spiritual and religious authorities, Phipps is also the magazine's leading political commentator in search of what he calls "Enlightened Politics". His feature article, "Is God a Pacifist?", (WIE, Issue 26, 2004) is a philosophical analysis of war, peace, and nonviolence in our post-9/11 world. His own interest in science and technology led to a groundbreaking investigation into the moral and ethical implications of the rapidly accelerating rate of change in our material world, highlighting both the intriguing possibilities that the emerging technological innovations hold for us and the disconcerting implications that often accompany them (WIE, Issue 23, 2003). Phipps has presented, both nationally and internationally, on various themes covered in What Is Enlightenment? In 2004, he represented WIE at the invitation-only assembly of religious leaders at Montserrat, Spain, convened by the Parliament of the World's Religions. He has also presented at the prestigious World's Future Society Conference in Washington, DC. Carter Phipps received his BA in Business Economics from the University of Oklahoma and worked in the computer industry for a number of years before joining the staff of What Is Enlightenment? magazine. He is also the managing editor of WIE.org, which was recently received the prestigious People's Voice Webby Award - the "online Oscars" according to Time magazine - for best website in the spirituality/religion category. He lives in Lenox, Massachusetts with his wife Ellen and their cat.