Category: Volume XXI – (2020)
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A Diagnostic that America Does Not Need
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 21, 2020 – Pages 1-22 Let us open here by a recollection and reflection on deprogramming, its perpetrators, apologists, and “useful idiots,” i.e., the mainstream media. “Deprogramming” constitutes a jolting, unsolicited, and demeaning assault on the faith of a believer, an experience that many of the early American followers of…
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Birthing a Nation: Unification Kingdom-Building in the First Years of the 21st Century
The messianic identity of the Unification Church/Movement (UCM) was well established by the year 2000. Notably, during the 1990s, Rev. Moon declared openly that he and Hak Ja Han Moon were “the True Parents of all humanity… the Savior, the Lord of the Second Advent, the Messiah.”[1] He also proclaimed the transition to the Completed…
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Unification Christology
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 21, 2020 – Pages 51-76 In the history of Christianity theology, there has been a conflict between two types of Christology: “high” and “low” Christology. High Christology, which is orthodox Christology, holds that Christ, as the divine Logos “consubstantial” (homoousios) with God the Father, is actually God who assumes a…
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Angelic Order and Human Growth
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 21, 2020 – Pages 77-88 Why does Divine Principle place little emphasis on the topic of angels, yet the course of restoration history was based on the failure of a human-angelic relationship? The Principle of Creation gives no guidelines for ideal interactions between the two worlds. True Mother (Mrs. Hak…
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Achieving Gender Equality: A Heavenly Parent-Centered Approach to the Feminist Ideal
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 21, 2020 – Pages 89-111 The year of 1995 was groundbreaking for the global feminist and women’s movement. It was in September 1995 that the United Nations convened the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. Roughly 40,000 participants of the UN conference and accompanying NGO Forum from all…
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Worldview
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 21, 2020 – Pages 111-120 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) issues are one of the most important and contentious social issues in the world today. Beginning in the 1970s, gay activists in the United States have fought against rigid cultural norms and limitations to promote tolerance and acceptance of…
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A Unificationist Perspective on Masturbation
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 21, 2020 – Pages 121-148 This essay is to help inform Unificationist pastoral and parental guidance regarding sexual matters, and to assist individuals within the faith community to reconcile the confusing messages from popular culture and mainstream psychology with their aspiration to sexual integrity.[1] It is based on my professional…