CARTER PHIPPS, Executive Editor and 2009 winner of a Gold FOLIO Award for best spiritual and religious writing, has been a leading pioneer in EnlightenNext’s work in cultural evolution for more than eighteen years. With expertise ranging from metaphysics to politics to science and technology, Phipps represents EnlightenNext magazine at conferences and leadership gatherings such as the Evolutionary Leaders Forum and the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

He has spoken at Brown University, JFK University, and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, and has appeared on BBC Radio’s “Reporting Religion.” He is also featured in The Shift, an upcoming documentary, alongside global spiritual leaders and activists including the Dalai Lama, Al Gore, and Desmond Tutu. His first book, Evolutionaries, a manifesto for the emerging field of evolutionary spirituality, will be published by Harper Perennial in spring 2011. Follow Carter on Twitter @ Carter_Philips