BOOKS REFERENCING THE URANTIA BOOK
MOTIVATION & DATABASE ORGANIZATION:
In an effort to
understand The Urantia Book's
acceptance, I searched for other books that mention or reference The Urantia Book. As I delved into
these references I began categorizing and recording the books doing the
referencing. I eventually settled for about ten overlapping categories
and will probably add more.
I put together a pdf document summary of this page with interesting quotes. Any book listing that has
I plan for this to be a thorough, inclusive database, but I have only started. 98 books are currently listed. I do not include literary or publisher’s trade list books, various versions of UB itself or books not written in English. I estimate this list represents only one half to one fifth of all UB related books.
I put together a pdf document summary of this page with interesting quotes. Any book listing that has
(excerpt in pdf)
is quoted in this essay.I plan for this to be a thorough, inclusive database, but I have only started. 98 books are currently listed. I do not include literary or publisher’s trade list books, various versions of UB itself or books not written in English. I estimate this list represents only one half to one fifth of all UB related books.
BIOGRAPHY
The first category is the Biography Or Autobiography of an Urantia Book reader and believer (9).
The
Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar
Exploration
2006 Arcade Publishing Bibliography
2006 Arcade Publishing Bibliography
The
Magdalene Awakening: Symbols and Synchronicity Heralding the
Re-emergence of the Divine Feminine
2006 Pelican Press Bibliography
2006 Pelican Press Bibliography
COMPARATIVE RELIGION
The second category is the Comparative Alternative Religion Study books
(17). This type of book is a collection of descriptions of
non-mainstream religions including UB and attempts to be objective or
scholarly.
Islands
of the Dawn: The Story of Alternative Spirituality in New Zealand
1993 University of Hawaii Press Comparative Religion
1993 University of Hawaii Press Comparative Religion
False
Dawn: The United Religions Initiative; Globalism; and the Quest for a
One-world Religion
2004 Sophia Perennis Comparative Religion
2004 Sophia Perennis Comparative Religion
Channeling:
Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources
1998 North Atlantic Books Comparative Religion
1998 North Atlantic Books Comparative Religion
Modern
Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth
Century
2005 University of Alabama Press Comparative Religion
2005 University of Alabama Press Comparative Religion
Mystics
and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
2000 Oxford University Press US Comparative Religion (excerpt in pdf)
2000 Oxford University Press US Comparative Religion (excerpt in pdf)
Harper's
Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience
199 HarperSanFrancisco Comparative Religion
199 HarperSanFrancisco Comparative Religion
Pocket
Dictionary of New Religious Movements: Over 400 Groups, Individuals and
Ideas Clearly and Concisely Defined
2002 InterVarsity Press Comparative Religion
2002 InterVarsity Press Comparative Religion
New
Gods in America: An Informal Investigation Into the New Religions of
American Youth Today
1971 D. McKay Co. Comparative Religion
1971 D. McKay Co. Comparative Religion
UFO ALIEN VISITORS
The next group I label UFO Alien Visitors (3). These books' main topic
is extraterrestrial visitations or related fringe science with some
support from UB.
Cosmic
Voyage: A Scientific Discovery of Extraterrestrials Visiting Earth
1996 Farsight, Inc. UFO
1996 Farsight, Inc. UFO
(excerpt
in pdf)- very interesting
CHRISTIAN DERISION
A next category is Christian Derision (3), where Christian authors
don't like any deviations from traditional Biblical beliefs. But even
they seem to treat UB with respect.
Doctrine
Twisting: How Core Biblical Truths Are Distorted
2003 InterVarsity Press Christian Derision
2003 InterVarsity Press Christian Derision
Apocryphal
Writings and the Latter-day Saints
1986 Religious Studies Center-Brigham Young University Christian Derision
1986 Religious Studies Center-Brigham Young University Christian Derision
SKEPTIC
Then there are the Skeptic books (2). These books' authors don't seem
to believe anything non-materialistic science or "strange."
SCIENTIFIC BELIEVER
Yet people write Scientific Believer books (4), nonfiction books with
UB supporting either author's views or scientific evidence (in lenient
senses of nonfiction and scientific.)
The
Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life
2000 (1998) Columbia University Press Scientific Believer
2000 (1998) Columbia University Press Scientific Believer
SCIENTIFIC NON-BELIEVER
The Scientific
Non-Believer books (9) are from nonfiction authors claiming knowledge
of UB but offering no overt support (in lenient senses of nonfiction
and scientific.)
The
Universe and Multiple Reality: A Physical Explanation for Manifesting
Magick and Miracles
2003 iUniverse Scientific Non-Believer
2003 iUniverse Scientific Non-Believer
Neo-mythologism
in Music: From Scriabin and Schoenberg to Schnittke and Crumb
2007 Pendragon Press Scientific Non-Believer
2007 Pendragon Press Scientific Non-Believer
Wonder
Shows: Performing Science, Magic, and Religion in America
2005 Rutgers University Press Scientific Non-Believer
2005 Rutgers University Press Scientific Non-Believer
Bioethical
and Evolutionary Approaches to Medicine and the Law
2007 American Bar Association Scientific Non-Believer
2007 American Bar Association Scientific Non-Believer
A
Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac
1999 W.H. Freeman Scientific Non-Believer
1999 W.H. Freeman Scientific Non-Believer
Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior
1995-1997 Scientific Non-Believer
1995-1997 Scientific Non-Believer
Clarifications:
Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
2008 ICON Group International, Inc. Scientific Non-Believer
2008 ICON Group International, Inc. Scientific Non-Believer
URANTIA BOOK REFERENCE
I class the next group as Urantia Book Reference (36), books written by
strong UB believer to elucidate some aspect of UB itself or its
concepts. I plan to separate the subgroup merely reporting on legal
issues related to UB itself such as copyright issues.
Copyright Law Decisions
1981 Commerce Clearing House Urantia Book Reference
1981 Commerce Clearing House Urantia Book Reference
A
Study of the Master Universe: A Development of Concepts of the Urantia
Book
1968 Second Society Foundation Urantia Book Reference
1968 Second Society Foundation Urantia Book Reference
The
Mystery of God and Why He Created You!: The Human Being Technical
Instructional Guide
2002 AuthorHouse Urantia Book Reference
2002 AuthorHouse Urantia Book Reference
American Federal Tax Reports
1983 Prentice-Hall Urantia Book Reference
1983 Prentice-Hall Urantia Book Reference
Source
Authors of the Urantia Book: Papers 85-103 and Others
2002 Square Circles Pub. Urantia Book Reference
2002 Square Circles Pub. Urantia Book Reference
Duane
L. Faw's Paramony: A Parallel and Harmony of the Urantia Book and the
Bible
1986 D.L. Faw Urantia Book Reference
1986 D.L. Faw Urantia Book Reference
The
Story of Everything: As Told in the Urantia Book
2005 Square Circles Publishing Urantia Book Reference
2005 Square Circles Publishing Urantia Book Reference
(Author
is a cousin of mine who I did not know was into The Urantia
Book until I started this project.)
Appendices
to a Study of the Master Universe; a Further and More Detailed
Development of Concepts of the Urantia Book
1975 Second Society Foundation Urantia Book Reference
1975 Second Society Foundation Urantia Book Reference
The Urantia Book and the New Testament:
Comparison of the Life and Teachings of Jesus in the Urantia Book with
the Record of the Four Gospels in the New Testament : the Apocrypha
1961 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
1961 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
The
Tao of God: A Restatement of Lao Tsu's Te Ching Based on the Teachings
of the Urantia Book
2000 Iuniverse Inc Urantia Book Reference
2000 Iuniverse Inc Urantia Book Reference
The Urantia Book Workbooks: Foreword and
Part I
2003 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
2003 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
The
Urantia Book Workbooks: Topical and Doctrinal Study
2003 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
2003 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
Workbook of the Urantia Book
2001 Academy Publishing Urantia Book Reference
2001 Academy Publishing Urantia Book Reference
Science in the Urantia Book
1959 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
1959 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
Topical Studies in the Urantia Book: Part 1
1960 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
1960 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
Study
Aids for Part IV of the Urantia Book: The Life and Teachings of Jesus
1975 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
1975 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
The
Birth of a Divine Revelation: (The Origin of the Urantia Papers)
2000 Moyer Pub Urantia Book Reference
2000 Moyer Pub Urantia Book Reference
The Short Course in Doctrine: Summary of
the Theology of the Urantia Book
1960 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
1960 William S. Sadler Urantia Book Reference
Key
Word Index for the Table of Contents of the Urantia Book
1989 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
1989 Urantia Foundation Urantia Book Reference
West's federal supplement. [First Series.]
1995 Urantia Book Reference
1995 Urantia Book Reference
Decisions of the United States courts
involving copyright
1977 U.S. G.P.O. Urantia Book Reference
1977 U.S. G.P.O. Urantia Book Reference
U.S. Tax Cases
1983 Commerce Clearing House Urantia Book Reference
1983 Commerce Clearing House Urantia Book Reference
South Western Reporter. Second Series:
Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Arkansas, Kentucky,
Missouri, Tennessee, Texas : with Key Number Annotations
West Pub. Co. Urantia Book Reference
West Pub. Co. Urantia Book Reference
NEW AGE
New Age books are about New Age or progressive, possibly Christian, spirituality whose authors believes in UB (6).
To
Save the Love that Was Lost: The Original Christianity-As Derived from
Historical and Channeled Sources
2008 AuthorHouse New Age
2008 AuthorHouse New Age
The
Mysteries of the Redemption: A Treatise On Out-of-body Travel And
Mysticism
2004 Lulu.com New Age
2004 Lulu.com New Age
Dolphins,
ETs & Angels: Adventures Among Spiritual Intelligences
1993 Inner Traditions / Bear & Company New Age
1993 Inner Traditions / Bear & Company New Age
SPECULATIVE
Next to last is the Speculative book (4). These authors are not
necessarily believers or not, rather seem more interested in passing on
interesting ideas.
At
the Edge of History / Passages About Earth: An Exploration of the New
Planetary Culture
1989 (1974) Lindisfarne Books Speculative
1989 (1974) Lindisfarne Books Speculative
A
Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the
Quest for Reality
2005 John Wiley and Sons Speculative
2005 John Wiley and Sons Speculative
FICTION
Last, but not least, is Fiction books based on UB concepts (4).