Burton, David

David Burton teaches chemistry and manages the chemistry labs at the University of Bridgeport. He holds a doctorate in chemistry from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. He and his wife Kathleen, who is a professor at Yale University, graduated from the Unification Theological Seminary in 1990 and served as campus ministers at Yale University.

Burton’s Response

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in Burton, David, Volume XV – (2014)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 15, 2014 – Pages 156-158 View: David Burton’s article Evolution and Unification Thought: an Alternative Approach and the Comment by Jonathan Wells. Jonathan Wells brings up a number of points we do not agree on, but there is one thing do agree on. It is that the modern evolutionary synthesis…
Evolution and Unification Thought: an Alternative Approach

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in Burton, David, Science and Mathematics, Volume XV – (2014), Wells, Jonathan

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 15, 2014 – Pages 131-152 View: The Comment by Jonathan Wells to this article and Burton’s response to the comment. When dealing with issues of science and religion, evolution is perhaps the most well known point of contention between them. The two camps, “Creationist” and “Evolutionist,” are entrenched. Most Unificationists…
Collision Theory in Developmental Relationship

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in Burton, David, Volume XIV – (2013)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 14, 2013 – Pages 145-162 Two ontological themes that have been of concern to philosophy since antiquity concern understandings of permanence and change. Exposition of the Divine Principle [EDP] does not distinguish these, but lumps them all together in its general description of relationship. Through the agency of universal prime…
Force and Relationship in Unification Thought and Classical Physics

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in Burton, David, Science and Mathematics, Unification Philosophy, Volume XI – (2010)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 11, 2010 – Pages 185-198 Unification Thought and physics both attempt to provide explanations for the nature of existence, but they begin from different perspectives. Unification Thought begins from a religious perspective and physics from a scientific viewpoint. However if both embody some degree of truth, then we might expect there…
Yang and Yin: Unification Thought, Science, and the Book of Changes

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in Burton, David, Science and Mathematics, Unification Philosophy, Volume IX – (2008)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 9, 2008 – Pages 163-184 In my ongoing investigation of the relationship of natural science to Unification Thought, I have been led to consider traditional Christian ontology time and again. This has suggested to me that an unrecognized aspect of the debate between science and religion is the relationship of…
What is the Spirit? Some Physics of Spiritual Existence

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in Burton, David, Volume VIII – (2007)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 107-124 In the West there is a perceived conflict, or at least a discontinuity, between religion and natural science. Usually when we talk of religion and science in the same breath what first comes to mind is the ongoing creation-evolution debates. Discussions of intelligent design are…
What is the Matter? Understandings of Matter in Unification Thought and Modern Physics

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in Burton, David, Science and Mathematics, Unification Philosophy, Volume VI – (2004-2005)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 143-160 In any given age, the understanding of matter and material beings underpins the thought of that age. This is because our fundamental categories for understanding existence derive from our view of matter. Ontology has therefore been an important branch of philosophy, and hence in Unification…
Unification Thought’s Methodology and the Dual Characteristics

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in Burton, David, Unification Philosophy, Volume V – (2003)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 5, 2003 – Pages 81-92 Unification Thought, as developed by Dr. Sang Hun Lee, differs from the Divine Principle in several ways. One of the more significant ways relates to its underlying principles of development. The Divine Principle organizes the basic content of Rev. Moon’s thought and then lays it…
An Exploration of Questions in the Ontology of Unification Thought

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in Burton, David, Unification Philosophy, Volume IV – (2001-2002)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 4, 2001-2002 – Pages 43-56 The English translations of Unification Thought have a quality that is reminiscent of St. Augustine’s writings. Augustine’s writings have been of particular influence in Christianity, but at the same time have sparked centuries of debate. This is because of a certain quality of his writing…