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In Larger Freedome for a Safer World: A Unificationist Evaluation of Human Security
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 23, 2022 – Pages 1-36 Peace studies are gaining ground worldwide. Yet, these studies often stop at conflict resolution or conflict transformation. We need more “positive peace studies.” We keep viewing peace as pacification, the return of tranquility after a period of conflict. Heraclitus, the founder of dialectics said that…
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Canaan Represented, the Birth of a Happy Nation: A Unificationist Perspective on the Dutch Golden Age
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 22, 2021 – Pages 163-197 When countries think of advancement, they don’t think of one country advancing in democracy and another in art. Instead they think that they must advance in all of these areas. If one country is outstanding in all of these areas, every other country will admire…
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A New Perspective on John the Baptist’s Failure to Support Jesus
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 1, 1997 – Pages 71-92 “At the heart of all dialogues between Christians and Jews there is, inevitably, the question of the Messiah: ‘Are you he who is to come, or shall we wait for another?” -Jürgen Moltmann Applied to the New Testament, some of the tasks of the historical-critical…