Tag: Brown, Ronald J.
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Religion and Technology in the 21st Century
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 19, 2018 – Pages 133-172 On April 7, 2018, the New England-Maritimes Regional Group (NEMAAR) of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) held its annual conference at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. The theme of the conference was technology and religion. In keeping with the theme, I…
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Battle for Dominion over Time: War of the Calendars in Thailand
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 18, 2017 – Pages 191-220 My annual January “get out of cold New York City” vacation was effectively ruined in the lounge of the Unification Theological Seminary. Shortly before I left for Thailand at the end of December 2016 I was describing my plans for a month in sunny Thailand…
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How New York City Invented the Holiday Season: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Global Holiday
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 195-228 Jesus may have been born in Bethlehem, but it was the city of New York that transformed the traditional day of his birth, December 25, into a national and eventually global holiday season. The evolution of the Christian religious holiday of Jesus’ birth into a…
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Paraguay as a Holy Land: From the Guarani Indians to Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 185-220 No country in the world better illustrates the fatal flaw of Christianity than Paraguay. Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam were founded to last for millenniums or for eternity. Their holy books stipulated who should rule society, what to eat and shun, what to wear, who should…
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Taking UTS to the Streets: Teaching Living Religions in the Neighborhoods of New York
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 11, 2010 – Pages 91-118 The Unification Theological Seminary website is titled “UTS—The Interfaith Seminary.” One click and the heading reads, “UTS—Equipping Interreligious Peacebuilders.” One more click and you read, “About UTS—An International and Interdenominational Graduate Level Seminary.” Click still again and the Mission Statement concludes that the seminary aims to…