© 1991 The Christian Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book
Volume 1, Number 1, Premier Issue, Spring, 1991
The Urantia Book and Religious Studies, Meredith J. Sprunger
The Mathematics of Love, Charles E. Hansen
The Urantia Book and Modern Science: Harmony or Discord?, Richard I. Bain
A Faith Adventure
Biblical Appreciation Enhanced
Does It Preach?
Assessing the Ministry Potential of New Media
The Urantia Book and Spiritual Renewal
The Christianization of a Pastor
Book Review: No Other Name by Paul F. Knitter
A Spiritual Leadership Network Interested in The Urantia Book as a Resource in Living, Creative Service, Teaching, Preaching, and Writing.
Editor
Meredith J. Sprunger
Associate Editor
Merlyn H. Cox
Editorial Committee
Bud Bromley
Marilyn Buchanan
Judy Smith
Irene Sprunger
Jack Williams
Resource Consultants
Vivian Albert
Nancy Long
Jack Rogers
K. David Schlundt
Dorothy Sloffer
Everett Sloffer
Marvel Zuercher
Paul Zuercher
The Spiritual Fellowship Journal is an ecumenical publication published twice yearly by The Christian Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book of Fort Wayne, Indiana, through a grant from the Jesusonian Foundation of Boulder, Colorado.
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About the Editors
Meredith Sprunger is a United Church of Christ minister, and college teacher, retired. He served pastorates in the Midwest and taught at Elmhurst College and Indiana Institute of Technology. Merlyn Cox is a United Methodist minister serving in the North Indiana Conference.
The rich mine of universe knowledge and spiritual wisdom found in the 2097 pages of The Urantia Book tends to overwhelm the reader with its encyclopedic profusion. A detailed table of contents helps make the book manageable, but one soon realizes that reference tools are needed to find information hidden in its pages.
Clyde Bedell (1898-1985), a widely recognized author and speaker in the field of advertising, over many years compiled an index-concordance of words, concepts, ideas, topics, and themes found in The Urantia Book. He published the first edition of the Concordex in 1971. The third edition came out in 1986 and has over 110,000 references. The Concordex is an indispensable research tool for finding passages and studying topics in The Urantia Book.
The Urantia Book reader also discovers information in many sections of the book which parallels Biblical material. Numerous young friends of the editor did not become interested in the Bible until they read The Urantia Book. The two books are mutually enhancing. Recognizing this close relationship, Dr. Duane L. Faw, Professor of Law emeritus of Pepperdine University School of Law, spent six years compiling a parallel and harmony of The Urantia Book and the Bible. The Paramony was published in 1986 and contains 25,000 cross-references revealing the similarities and differences between the facts and concepts of these two great books. Dr. Faw has been a teacher of adult Bible classes for 40 years and a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church for over 25 years. The Paramony is an essential reference tool for studying relationships between The Urantia Book and the Bible. A long time scholarly reader of The Urantia Book describes the Paramony as, “a well-structured volume, indispensable for those engaged in serious hermeneutics, particularly of the gospels.”
If your local bookstore does not carry The Urantia Book, it can be ordered from The Urantia Foundation, 533 Diversey Parkway, Chicago, IL 60614. The Concordex and Paramony can be purchased from the Good Cheer Press, 1790 30th. Street, #400, Boulder, CO 80301.