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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 "official" and critical 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 "official" and critical 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.urantia.org/urantia-foundation/history 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.squarecircles.com/UrantiaMovementHistory/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)

*[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==

==References==

:a. [http://books.google.com/books?id=1nsazah-mEQC&pg=PA144&dq=urantia+book&ei=2Gf7SffxFYXGzATKi_gF UFO Religions], Christopher Hugh Partridge

:a. [http://books.google.com/books?id=1nsazah-mEQC&dq=urantia+book&source=gbs_navlinks_s 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

: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

:c. [http://books.google.com/books?id=EZYsPQgBNioC&printsec=frontcover&dq=claiming+knowledge&lr=&ei=N2n7Sb2RAZvuzQT26dj3Cg#PPA286,M1 Claiming Knowledge], by Olav Hammer