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The '''"Urantia Movement"''' is a term describing an amorphous [[body]] of [[individuals]] who have identified with the [[Urantia Book]] as the "fifth epochal revelation". Students of [[religion]] have come to recognize it as a NRM or [[New Religious Movement]]. For critical and "official" histories see the following.
The '''"Urantia Movement"''' is a term describing an amorphous network of [[individuals]] who have identified with the [[Urantia Book]] as the "fifth epochal revelation". Typically, enthusiasts of '''''The Urantia Book''''' do not recognize "the movement" as a religion though scholars¹ of [[religion]] have come to recognize it as a [[New Religious Movement]]. For critical and "official" histories see the following.
*[http://urantia-anzura.org/index.php?section=272&module=navigationmodule A History of the Urantia Movement], by Dr. William Sadler (official)
*[http://www.squarecircles.com/articles/sprunger/sprunger.htm Major Growth Steps in the Urantia Movement], by Meredith Sprunger (personal)
*[http://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=43_156&products_id=977 Urantia, The Great Cult Mystery], by Martin Gardner (critical)
==References==
:a. [http://books.google.com/books?id=1nsazah-mEQC&pg=PA144&dq=urantia+book&ei=2Gf7SffxFYXGzATKi_gF UFO Religions], Christopher Hugh Partridge
:b. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6p9ZVm-poRoC&pg=PA199&dq=urantia+book&ei=2Gf7SffxFYXGzATKi_gF Invention of Sacred Tradition], James R. Lewis
:c. [http://books.google.com/books?id=EZYsPQgBNioC&printsec=frontcover&dq=claiming+knowledge&lr=&ei=N2n7Sb2RAZvuzQT26dj3Cg#PPA286,M1 Claiming Knowledge], by Olav Hammer
:d. [http://books.google.com/books?id=w7R7xyB0T80C&pg=PA145&dq=urantia+book&lr=&ei=jWj7SfzwA4jizATMtZSwDA Channeling], by Jon Klimo
:e. [http://books.google.com/books?id=GoEYAAAAIAAJ&q=urantia+book&dq=urantia+book&lr=&ei=s2j7SdTKNqG2zQToxNn5Cg&pgis=1 New Age Encyclopedia], by Gordon Melton
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