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The Austerity Gospel of Gordon Fee

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in Price, Robert M., Volume XVIII – (2017)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 18, 2017 – Pages 171-190 I am a grateful student of Gordon Fee, having studied with him from 1974 through 1978.[1] He is a fine biblical scholar and a keen and powerful preacher. Theologically, he calls himself a “Presbycostal,” because, though committed to his home denomination of the Assemblies of…
Words Matter: Linguistic, Historical and Theological Issues with the Term “Begotten”

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in Famularo, Franco, Volume XVIII – (2017)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 18, 2017 – Pages 121-138 The word “begotten” is problematic for Unification teaching both within the Unification family and in efforts of Unificationists to reach out beyond Unification circles—especially to adherents of the Religions of the Book, namely, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Use of the word begotten is as challenging…
Were True Parents Born with Original Sin? How to Deal with Their Words on This Matter

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in Shimmyo, Theodore T., Volume XVIII – (2017)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 18, 2017 – Pages 109-120 Since 2014 the idea of True Mother as the only begotten Daughter has surfaced and stirred a controversy within the Unification movement, even though True Father himself during his lifetime actually used the term, “only begotten Daughter.” This idea has been a target of criticism…
Towards a Hyo Jeong Philosophy of Art

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in Eaton, David, Volume XVIII – (2017)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 18, 2017 – Pages 157-170 I have always believed that art and creativity are among God’s greatest gifts to humanity. When I founded the Little Angels Art School in Korea, I gave the school a motto: “The Three Love Principle: Love God, Love Mankind and Love Your Country.” Through the…
The Problem of Evil: Unification Theodicy

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in Shimmyo, Theodore T., Volume XVII – (2016)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 33-70 We experience evil in the world, whether it is “natural” or “moral” evil. [1] We also experience suffering, which is to undergo physical or mental pain caused by evil. If, however, there is an omnipotent and perfectly good God, as theism believes, then why is…
Hermeneutics and the Meaning of Life: A Step toward Unification Hermeneutics

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in Noda, Keisuke, Volume XVII – (2016)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 115-142 The meaning of life is one of the most critical questions for the majority of people. Feelings of meaninglessness are an open invitation to despair, addiction, sexual promiscuity, violent behavior, and even blind obedience to manipulative ideologies. Viktor Frankl, a holocaust-surviving psychiatrist, characterized the state…
Multidimensional Reality

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in Pobanz, Kerry, Volume XVII – (2016)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 177-194 One of the most fascinating and extraordinary developments in our time is the continuing revelation of the multidimensional nature of the human soul, or alternatively, the multidimensional nature of the cosmos as structured through infinitely creative human consciousness. For long ages human beings never suspected…
The Divine Nexus of Music and Mathematics

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in Eaton, David, Volume XVII – (2016)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 159-176 According to both the ancients and their Christian followers, the order of the creation was love, bound together in a unity both mathematical and musical. Indeed, love, divine order, music and mathematics are simply the four different ways of saying the same thing. —E. Michael…
Spirit World Messages, Cross Removals and Coronations: Balancing Messianic Necessity and Coalition-Building

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in Mickler, Michael L., Social Service, Volume XVII – (2016)

Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 71-114 The Unification movement (UM) includes two main constituencies. Those who accept the teaching and authority of Rev. and Mrs. Moon comprise the movement’s core. They make up the membership of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC) or Unification Church and…
How New York City Invented the Holiday Season: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Global Holiday

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in Brown, Ronald J., Volume XVII – (2016)

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…