The Urantia Book New Reader Course

              

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Outline of the Course

Week 1 - Introduction

• Class introductions and orientation to the course
• Answering common questions (What is this, and who wrote it?)

Week 2 - PART 1 

• Theology of The Urantia Book (1-10)
• Structure of the Universe (11-15)
• Higher Orders of Celestial Beings (16-31)

Week 3 - PART 2

• Local Universe Structure, Theology and Administration (32-34) & (41-42)
• Local Universe Orders of Celestial Beings (35-40) 

Week 4 - PART 2

• Our Lives in the Local Universe (43-49)
• Our Lives on the Inhabited Worlds (50-55)
• Universal Unity (56)

Week 5 - PART 3

• Origin and Early Development of Our Planet (57-62)
• The First Human Beings (63-65)
• The First Epochal Revelation - and Rebellion (66-67) & (53-54)
• The Institutions of Civilization (68-72)

Week 6 - PART 3

• The Second Epochal Revelation (73-81)
• Marriage and Family (82-84)
• Evolutionary Religion (85-92)
• The Third Epochal Revelation (93-98)

Week 7 - PART 3

• The Religion Papers (99-103)
• Advanced Theology (104-106)
• Thought Adjuster Papers & Guardian Angels (107-114)
• God the Supreme - the Evolving God (115-118)

Week 8 - PART 4

• Setting the Stage for the Life of Jesus (119-121)
• Jesus' Childhood and Adolescence (122-128)
• Jesus' Early Adulthood and Personal Ministry (129-134)
• Jesus' Public Ministry (135-170)

Week 9 - PART 4

• The Final Week … Jesus’ Death and Resurrection (171-189)
• Post Resurrection Appearances (190-194)
• The Last 2,000 Years ... and the Future of Religion (195) & (170)
• The Religious Life of Jesus and How He Lived It (196)

Week 10

• Review of major themes and concepts
• Sharing what students experienced in the course
• Next steps in study, and participating in the Urantia community

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