Urantia Book Perspectives on the World's Religions

Introduction to the World's Religions for Readers of The Urantia Book:
A study by Dr. Meredith Sprunger

• I. Hinduism: The Religion of Divine Immanence and an Hereditary Graded Social Structure
• II. Jainism: The Religion of Asceticism
• II. Buddhism: The Religion of Peaceful, Ethical Self-culture
• IV. Sikhism: The Religion of Syncretism
• V. Taoism: The Religion of the Divine Way
• VI. Confucianism: The Religion of Social Propriety
• VII. Shinto: The Religion of Nature Worship, Emperor Worship and Purity
• VIII. Zoroastrianism: The Religion of the Free Will Choice Between Good and Evil
• IX. Judaism: The Religion of Ethical Monotheism
• X. Christianity: The Religion of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, Mediated by Jesus Christ
• XI. Islam: The Religion of Submission to God

Articles About the World's Religions

• God's Relationship to the Mortal Soul: Selections from Various Sources on Religion and Philosophy
  • Stuart R. Kerr, III
• Parallel and Divergent Concepts in World Religions
  • Presented at the workshops of the Fraternal relations Committee of Urantia Brotherhood, August 16^th, 1979, by Dr. Jeffrey Wattles
• Chart of Belief Comparisons of the World's Major Religions
• The Coming Spiritual Renaissance
  • Presentation delivered by Preston Thomas at the Fellowship's 1998 Summer Study Session
• Insights Related to Historic Religious Conflict
  • Difference of opinion is a constant and characteristic condition in all social religious relationships. Since religion deals with the central values in human experience, religious conflict is charged with great importance and emotion. By Rev. Meredith Sprunger
• Eastern Orthodoxy Christianity: Hesychia, Theosis, and The Urantia Book
  • This insightful essay examines parallels in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Urantia Book, along with issues of church unity. By Byron Belitsos
• Prayer and Worship in Eastern Orthodox Christian Mysticism and The Urantia Book
  • Aphorisms gathered from parallel readings of The Urantia Book and the classic literature of Eastern Orthodoxy. By Byron Belitsos
• Introduction to the Scriptures of the Orient for Readers of The Urantia Book
  • Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, Sikhism, Confucianism; by Dr. William S. Sadler
• Selected Quotations from the Koran
  • Stuart R. Kerr, III
• Selected Quotations from the Upanishads and the Bagavad Gita
  • Stuart R. Kerr, III
• Selected Quotations from Buddhist Scriptures
  • Stuart R. Kerr, III
• Ecumenic Pluralism: An Approach to Inter-religious Dialog
  • Dr. Ted Peters
• Christian Ethical Principles For a New Millennium
  • Dr. Ted Peters

Of Further Interest from The Urantia Book:

• The Social Problems of Religion
• Religion in Human Experience
• See also: Fellowship Interfaith Resources

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