Category: Volume VIII – (2007)
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An Interfaith Movement and Its Seminary
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 1-24 At its October 8, 2006, Retreat, the Board of Trustees of UTS stated with one voice that the primary mission of the school is inter-religious peace building. “UTS’s founding vision was to bring about inter-religious harmony,” said Trustee Allen Ostroff. “This vision is a rich…
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Problems and Possibilities of Church Growth: Towards a Unification Critique
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 25-40 Since the beginning of the Church Growth movement in the mid-1950s, many successful practitioners have significantly grown their churches. Church Growth was pioneered by Donald McGavran (1897-1990), whose Bridges of God (1955) is considered to have launched the movement. McGavran is credited with coining the…
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The Milingo Affair: Re-thinking the Unification Position on Clerical Celibacy and Ecumenism
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 41-60 Until recently, the Unification movement (UM) had little need to develop a thought-out position on clerical celibacy. There were two main reasons for this. First, the UM is a lay movement with no formally ordained clergy or priests. Therefore, the question of clerical celibacy had…
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Public Opinion of the Unification Movement in Korea: 1990-2006
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 61-70 The Unification Movement [UM] has grown substantially throughout the world since it was established in 1954 as HSA-UWC in Korea. As the movement has grown, its reputation has also changed. According to Aberle’s typology, UM can be conceived as both a supra individual and individual…
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World War One and Its Providential Significance for Korea
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 79-106 When World War One ended in November 1918, American president Woodrow Wilson was the man of the hour. Standing on a victorious world foundation, Wilson wanted to create a new world order—a brotherhood of nations called the League of Nations. Wilson was inspired by Providence…
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What is the Spirit? Some Physics of Spiritual Existence
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…
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The Yin and Yang of Prime Numbers: Finding Evidence of Unification Thought’s Teachings on the Dual Characteristics in Prime Number Reciprocals
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 8, 2007 – Pages 125-137 The trick seems to be in how we look, not always in how much we already know. Often, the solutions are the simplest things, right in front of our eyes, which suddenly reveal themselves, once you wear the right kind of glasses. Unification Thought (UT)…