When Stories Die: Christianity's Crisis and the Urantia Papers (con subtitulos en español)

Scroll down for chapter divisions This film provides an introduction to the Urantia Papers for progressive clergy and lay leaders concerned with declining church attendance and the continuing deterioration of Christianity's supportive stories. For disillusioned Christians, it provides an introduction to a post-doctrinal world view that expands the transcendent meanings and spiritual values of the Incarnation of Jesus. For experienced readers of the revelation, it provides an engaging perspective on the evolutionary heritage into which the Urantia Papers are being introduced. Christianity's crisis is the loss of its supportive stories. While Christian spirituality is alive and thriving, the Enlightenment, the Scientific revolution, multiculturalism, secularism, and postmodern philosophy have all eroded Christianity's contextualizing narrative to such an extent that Christianity--as well as contemporary spirituality--has become increasingly existential, marooned in a rapidly expanding cosmos. The morality, religion, and philosophy in our troubled world are increasingly fragmented and subjective. The human Jesus has been lost in a cloud of metaphysical speculation. Social cohesion is rapidly fading. Christianity is adrift without a story linking spirituality with evolutionary experience in time and space. The Urantia Papers provide a revitalization of the archetypes of the Christian story, along with a compelling vision of a spiritually informed civilization. It gives us an authoritative background review of our planetary origins, anthropological and religious history, and our cosmic destiny. Key divisions of the film: 00:00:00 Start 00:01:10 Nature of the Problem 00:05:30 From Incarnation to Story 00:13:56 Augustine: Story Consolidated 00:16:58 Seedflight: The Story Spreads 00:24:03 Celtic Christianity and Brigid of Kildare 00:30:57 The Spiritual Awakening in the High Middle Ages 00:39:07 Thomas Aquinas 00:41:59 The Perilous Price of Devotion 00:53:33 Story Displaced: The Scientific Revolution 01:00:43 Story Forsaken: The Enlightenment 01:05:32 Dissident Sects, Religious Wars, Escape to America 01:13:05 Hybrid Christianities of the 19th Century 01:21:44 A New Story About the Story: The Urantia Papers The Urantia Papers, a revelation of epochal significance, revitalize the archetypes and narratives of the Christian story and illuminate a pathway forward for theology, practice, and the deepening of personal spiritual experience.