Dr. Sprunger is an ordained UCC minister with a background in philosophy and theology. He is also a social scientist with a doctorate in psychology, and has had a distinguished career as a college professor and administrator. Dr. Sprunger was personally acquainted with three of the six individuals who made up the Contact Commission which interfaced with the revelators in the compiling of The Urantia Book. Over the years Dr. Sprunger has done extensive writing on topics related to the spread of The Urantia Book into the Christian church.

Autobiographical Introduction to this Collection of Writings (5/96)