Volume XIII – (2012)
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Tipping Point Of Good And Evil: The Power Of Authentic Love In Moral Discourse
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 1-20 Why do good people do evil things? Social psychologists often point to social and environmental forces that entice or pressure people to do wrongs. Those forces include desire for group acceptance, social conformity, and obedience to authority. At the same time, in the individualistic culture…
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Forced Conversions of Unificationists in Japan: A Continuing Human Rights Violation
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 21-32 The issue of forced conversion (“deprogramming”) in Japan was last addressed in the Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 5, 2003 by Chris Antal. Since that time, several developments have given reason for increased optimism. Although court cases have not always favored the cause of religious…
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How a God of Omnipotence and Perfection Can Suffer: A Perspective from Unification Theism
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 33-72 Christianity has long taught as an axiom that God is omnipotent and perfect, and therefore cannot suffer, even though one finds that the Bible, especially the Old Testament in its account of the Exodus, Hebrew prophecy, etc., gives many indications that God suffers. Many scholars…
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Toward a Headwing Society: The Harmony of Three Social Spheres
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 73-112 Unificationists often refer to “headwing thought” when they talk about politics or political economy. Headwing is a term that was used frequently by Rev. Sun Myung Moon from 1986-1994 as the Soviet Union was in transition. When he used this term he was referring to…
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Unification Thought’s Insights into Gandhi’s Approach to Peace
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 113-138 The word “Peace” has two levels of meaning in the Unification lexicon. In the Unification Thought view of history, one finds the Unification laws or principles of creation as well as the Unification laws or principles of restoration. When “peace” is understood in the context…
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The Beginnings of Cheon Il Guk
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 139-174 Reverend Moon proclaimed Cheonju Pyeonghwa Tongil Guk (the Nation of Cosmic Peace and Unity), abbreviated as Cheon il Guk, on November 15, 2001.[1]Cheon Il Guk was the Unification equivalent of the Kingdom of Heaven and culminated Rev. Moon’s ministry. Previously, he had announced a fundamental…
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Leadership Challenges of Churches in Transition: A Study Of Three Churches
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 175-190 Eleven o’clock Sunday morning has been called the most segregated hour in America; it is church time in the United States, and the time set aside to go to the various religious institution, which represent our faith. We may work together in areas of employment;…
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The Renaissance of Romanticism
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Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 191-214 The Platonic ideal of truth, beauty and goodness is not a bad set of ideals to live by. But where has that gone? For thousands of years art was seen as a source of responsible moral and ethical leadership. Today taking that stance is almost…
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The Seven-Sealed Comic Book: The Book of Revelation in the Graphic Novel Kingdom Come
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 215-233 Kingdom Come by Alex Ross, plotter and artist, and writer Mark Waid, appeared first as a comic book mini-series of four issues in 1996. It was soon published in a single volume format as a graphic novel.[1] The action is frequently captioned by quotes from…