Truth Emerging
Book Endorsements:
“I am reminded of Steve McIntosh’s writings whenever I read First Peter 3:15. No other writer I know of is more prepared to “give reasons for the hope that is in us.” In this thought-provoking and wide-ranging new book McIntosh turns our attention to themes new and old that other writers on evolution, cosmology, emergence, economics, politics, ecology and Earth’s future have often left out. What I find especially helpful is his locating the classical “transcendentals”—truth, goodness and beauty—as the horizon and goal not only of human consciousness but also of planetary evolution and the entire awakening universe. Readers will find here many good reasons for hope.”
, Emeritus Professor of Theology, Georgetown University
“This is a beautiful and important book. Not only does McIntosh take on questions at the heart of our own time in history—questions we must ask to make sense of our world and ourselves—but he shows that our very thinking about these questions has the potential to bring about the next step of our realization: as a species, as a civilization, and as the gloriously irreducible individuals each of us is within those.”
, Founding President, Ralston College
“Western civilization stands at a threshold moment. In Truth Emerging, Steve McIntosh articulates a sweeping vision of evolution, purpose, and progress that clarifies the deeper challenges of our age and calls us to accept responsibility for shaping what comes next. This book is essential reading for anyone sincere and serious about advancing the evolution of human culture toward greater goodness, truth, and beauty.”
, CEO, Stagen Leadership Academy
“Truth Emerging is required reading for everyone who cares about the fate of our civilization. McIntosh's inspiring philosophy provides both reasons for optimism and a pragmatic path for our collective growth. I highly recommend this groundbreaking and important book.”
, Founder and Chairman, Pax8
“In Truth Emerging, philosopher Steve McIntosh reminds readers that the cosmos exhibits a discernible, long-term developmental trajectory characterized by increasing complexity. Matter/energy, life, sentience, consciousness, and self-consciousness have evolved as if drawn forth by a cosmic lure. In his latest book, McIntosh argues that human psychology, culture, and society also exhibit development (as well as disaster) associated with greater complexity. Skillfully posing and answering questions pertaining to the downside of some developmental models, McIntosh maintains that the Good, True, and Beautiful will continue to inform the growth of a positive human future. This well-argued and accessible book deserves a wide audience!”
, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
“In Truth Emerging Steve McIntosh presents and defends an extraordinary vision of a dynamic, developmental, and dialectical universe seeking ever new perfections. Drawing on process philosophy and integral thought, he points to evolution itself as a form of revelation, disclosing the telos of reality toward deeper magnitudes of value-achievement. From cosmological origins to the birth of consciousness, culture, and civilization, a clear through-line emerges: each threshold of development is saturated with the call of value. Philosophically rich, scientifically informed, and spiritually expansive, this book amplifies McIntosh as a leading voice for meaning and purpose in an evolving cosmos.”
, author of Whitehead’s Universe: A Prismatic Introduction
“In Truth Emerging, philosopher Steve McIntosh contends that what science has uncovered about the origins and trajectory of the universe carries profound philosophical implications that we have barely begun to absorb. Weaving together cosmology, cultural anthropology, and the history of ideas, McIntosh makes a compelling case that humanity’s psychosocial development, or noosphere evolution, is a real and directional process, one oriented toward the deepening of consciousness, value, and shared purpose. Far from a retreat into wishful thinking, this is a philosophical synthesis that takes our civilizational moment seriously and offers something rare: a coherent and inspiring framework for moving forward together in hope.”
, Executive Director of the Center for Christogenesis
