Volume VI – (2004-2005)
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The Da Vinci Code and Divine Principle
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 1-22 The Da Vinci Code, a “theological thriller” which purports to uncover hidden truths about Christ embedded in Leonardo Da Vinci’s paintings, has been a publishing phenomenon since its release in March 2003. It debuted atop the New York Times best-seller list, sparked a November 2003…
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The Marginality of the Cross
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 23-38 Has the significance of the cross in the New Testament has been overrated? Can it be that, at least in significant portions of the New Testament, we have become used to reading familiar texts through the even more familiar lens of Western atonement theologies? It…
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“They Shall Be One Flesh”: Fulfilling the Ideal of Creation through the Family
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 39-60 Social scientists are asking theologians to help them. In their own words, they want religious leaders to “work out a fuller theology of marriage.”[1] There are two basic reasons for this unusual phenomenon. First, there is “a mountain of scientific evidence”[2] in “published literature over…
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Unification Politics in Theory and Practice
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 61-84 As he introduced the Reverend Sun Myung Moon on a national speaking tour in October 2004, George Augustus Stallings, leader of the American Clergy Leadership Conference, called for the formation of a “religious democratic party.” While this announcement came late in his ministry, Reverend Moon…
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Headwing Philosophy and the Law of Nations
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 85-96 In the 1970s, as the Green Party organized, they adopted a slogan “Neither left, nor right, but in front.” It was a slogan of environmental activists and sought to promote certain neglected values in opposition to the values championed by the established political parties. Nevertheless,…
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A Unificationist Reconsideration of the Jewish Role in Earliest Christianity, 30-70 C.E.
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 97-118 Did God intend to set up Christianity as a new religion apart from Judaism? Did God and Jesus continue to love the Jews, or were they cursed and punished as many influential early church writings suggests? Was the cross really an obstacle for the Jews…
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What Can the Black Church and Black Theology Contribute to the Unification Movement and Unification Theology?
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 119-124 What can the Black Church and Black Theology contribute to the Unification movement and Unification theology? To attempt to grapple with this question with any degree of resourcefulness presupposes, on the one hand, that the Black Church and Black Theology possess certain religious and socio-cultural…
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What is the Matter? Understandings of Matter in Unification Thought and Modern Physics
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 143-160 In any given age, the understanding of matter and material beings underpins the thought of that age. This is because our fundamental categories for understanding existence derive from our view of matter. Ontology has therefore been an important branch of philosophy, and hence in Unification…
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BOOK REVIEW: Stephen G. Post. Unlimited Love. Templeton Foundation Press, 2003.
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 6, 2004-2005 – Pages 161-165 True love, being the core value and supreme ideal of creation, is certainly an appropriate topic for scientific study as well as theological reflection. Yet few philosophers or social scientists have devoted themselves to its investigation. A number of factors have conspired in its neglect.…