Unification Movement: History, Practices and Projects
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Turning Points: Ten Defining Moments in the History of the Unification Tradition in America 1959-99
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 3, 1999-2000 – Pages 5-26 Mark A. Noll’s Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity offers an intriguing model for assessing the development of the Unification tradition in the United States. What Noll, a widely published Protestant evangelical church historian, essentially does is to survey two millennia of…
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The Unification Church: Theory vs. Practice / Ideal vs. Reality
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 3, 1999-2000 – Pages 41-56 The advantage to living in a time when new religious movements spring up is that one can observe an emerging religion in its origin and development, even though one is always an outsider and never gains an insider’s perspective. With established religions, we often forget…
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Unificationism in America: Models of Success
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 3, 1999-2000 – Pages 57-72 “If you have been in the Unification Church for decades and you do not have any spiritual children, then you are parasites, robbers!” Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 1994.5.10 If the Unification Family Church cannot grow in membership, enabling members to gain spiritual children, then it…
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Use of the Internet by the Unification Movement
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 3, 1999-2000 – Pages 101-116 We are in the midst of a revolution as great as translation of the Bible into vernacular, as great as the Reformation and the Industrial Revolution. The impact of the Internet is just beginning to be felt. The Unification Church[1] has adopted the new technology…
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A Reappraisal of Typologies of New Religious Movements and Characteristics of the Unification Church
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 2, 1998 – Pages 71-94 If we want to have an enlightened discussion on the Unification Church (UC) or any new Religious Movement (NRM),[1] we must acquire a clear understanding of typological concepts and terms. Sometimes scholarly discussion of NRMs suffers from typological ambiguity and confusion (e.g., various concepts of…
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A Study of the Formation and History of the Unification Principle
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 2, 1998 – Pages 49-70 “There is a much greater area of truth yet to be revealed. I have already received the revelation, but I am purposely reserving certain truths to be revealed in future days.” Sun Myung Moon[1] The Unification Principle, or Divine Principle, was not revealed all at…
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A Friendly Biography About an Extraordinary Man Michael Breen’s Sun Myung Moon: The Early Years, 1920-53
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 2, 1998 – Pages 35-48 The publication of Michael Breen’s Sun Myung Moon: The Early Years, 1920-53 is something of an event within the evolving tradition of Unification historiography.[1] This is the case for three reasons. First, Unificationists are, if anything, a people who take their history seriously. Rev. Moon…