Urantia Book New Reader Course

When spiritual seekers first encounter The Urantia Book, they are usually intrigued but often overwhelmed by its size and complexity and all the strange new terms and concepts. After initial attempts, many of them give up trying to read it. Without a little help, it is difficult for them to cross the threshold into a serious study of the text. And so they may never experience the joys and spiritual transformation that come from fully exploring this revelation.

Urantia University Institute (UUI) has developed a New Reader Course, in cooperation with the Urantia Book Fellowship Education Committee, to help such fledgling readers cross the initial threshold, equipping them to comfortably begin a full exploration of the text and to participate in the growing Urantia movement.

Interested in taking the course the next time it is offered?

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Can't wait until it's offered, download the weekly handouts below...

1. Overview

• Outline

• Course Philosophy 

1. New Reader Course_Week 1 Handout.pdf

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2. God and the Central Universe (Part I )

• Theology

• Central Universe Structure

• Higher Beings  

  
  

2. New Reader Course_Week 2 Handout_Part I of The Urantia Book Rev_092720.pdf

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3. The Local Universe (Part) II

• Local Universe Theology & Structure 

• Local  Universe Orders of Celestial Beings  

  
  

3. New Reader Course_Week 3 Handout on Part II of The Urantia Book_R.100420.pdf

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4. Our Ascension Career (Part II)

• Our Lives in the Local Universe

• Our Lives on the Inhabited Worlds

• Universal Unity

  
  

4. New Reader Course_Week 4 Handout on Part II of The Urantia Book_R020721.pdf

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5. History of Urantia (Part III )

• Origin and Early Development of our Planet

• The First Human Beings

• The First Epochal Revelation and Rebellion

• The Institutions of Civilization

  
  

5. New Reader Course_Week 5 Handout on Part III of The Urantia Book_Rev.02.15.21.pdf

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6. History of Urantia Cont. (Part III)

• The Second Epochal Revelation

• Marriage and Family

• Evolutionary Religion

• The Third Epochal Revelation

  
  

6. New Reader Course_Week 6 Handout on Part III of The Urantia Book R.041520.pdf

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7. The Supreme Being (Part III)

• The Religion Papers

• Advanced Theology

• Thought Adjusters & Guardian Angels

• God the Supreme - the Evolving God

  
  

7. New Reader Course_Week 7 Handout on Part III of The Urantia Book R.110220.pdf

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8. Life and Teachings of Jesus (Part IV)

• Setting the Stage for the Life of Jesus

• Jesus' Childhood and Adolescence

• Jesus' Adulthood and Personal Ministry

• Jesus' Public Ministry

  
  

8. New Reader Course_Week 8 Handout on Part IV of The Urantia Book R.073020.pdf

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9. Jesus' Death and Resurrection (Part IV)

• The Final Week

• Post Resurrection Appearances

• The Religious Life of Jesus

  
  

9. New Reader Course_Week 9 Handout on Part IV of The Urantia Book R.111920.pdf

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10. Integrating and Going Forward

• The Spirit of Truth and the Future of Religion

• Review of Major Themes

• Participation in the Urantia Community

  
  

10. New Reader Course_Week 10_Wrap and Where to Go from Here_R081120.pdf

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