Writers

Communism’s Stage of Psychosocial Development

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in Anderson, Gordon L., Volume XIX – (2018)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 19, 2018 – Pages 71-100 Note: Portions of this article were published in International Journal on World Peace and are included with permission. One hundred years after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, communism continues to attract many young revolutionary idealists, but fails to produce the good and just societies they…
Toward a Headwing Society: The Harmony of Three Social Spheres

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in Anderson, Gordon L., Volume XIII – (2012)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 73-112 Unificationists often refer to “headwing thought” when they talk about politics or political economy. Headwing is a term that was used frequently by Rev. Sun Myung Moon from 1986-1994 as the Soviet Union was in transition. When he used this term he was referring to…
The Bible and the Qur’an: A New Islamic Understanding

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in Ahmed, Abdelmoumin I., Ecumenism and Interfaith, Volume X – (2009)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 10, 2009 – Pages 105-120 The relationship between Islam and Christianity remains a sensitive issue, because it calls forth many historical memories and involves many theological disputes. It involves the history of Islamic expansion, the Crusades and colonialism. Theologically there is always the issue of the Cross, the divinity of…
The Gospel of Judas: Is it a Hoax?

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in Arthur, Richard L., Volume IX – (2008)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 9, 2008 – Pages 35-48 What shall we make of the authenticity of the recently published Gospel of Judas? Was this sensational find really written by a second-century scribe, a Gnostic whose theology we are familiar with from the Nag Hammadi texts?[1] Or was it written in our own time,…
Headwing Philosophy and the Law of Nations

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in Anderson, Gordon L., Politics and Political Theory, Volume VI – (2004-2005)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 85-96 In the 1970s, as the Green Party organized, they adopted a slogan “Neither left, nor right, but in front.” It was a slogan of environmental activists and sought to promote certain neglected values in opposition to the values championed by the established political parties. Nevertheless,…
Forcible “Deprogramming,” the Japanese State, and International Human Rights

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in Antal, Chris, Human Rights, Volume V – (2003)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 5, 2003 – Pages 51-80 NOTE: This paper is a revised and truncated version of a MA thesis “State Support of Persecution against the Unification Church in Japan” (December 2002), available in PDF format from the Yonsei University library database: http://library.yonsei.ac.kr/dlsearch/TGUI/Theme/Yonsei/main.asp. Most of the primary source materials referred to in…
American Democracy and the True Society

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in Anderson, Gordon L., Politics and Political Theory, Volume II – (1998)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 2, 1998 – Pages 95-122 This essay argues that the American system of government, with some reform, can provide a foundation for the “true society,” or the “Kingdom of Heaven on Earth” envisioned in the Divine Principle. While the basic principles enshrined in the American Constitution and the Bill of…
BOOK REVIEW: Sacred Violence: Paul’s Hermeneutic of the Cross. By Robert Hamerton-Kelly. Fortress Press, 1992.

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in Arthur, Richard L., Book Reviews, Volume I – (1997)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 1, 1997 – Pages 127-131 Not since the days of Bultmann’s challenge to “demythologize” has there been anything like the commotion over Rene Girard’s attempt to reformulate New Testament theology. Robert Hamerton-Kelly’s book Sacred Violence is the best exposition of the Girardian approach applied to the theology of Paul.[1] Kelly…