Volume XVI – (2015)
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God and the World: Advantages of the Unification Doctrine of God’s Dual Characteristics
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 27-64 The Unification notion of God’s dual characteristics as presented here may initially sound unfamiliar to many, especially in the Christian tradition. As the present essay proceeds, however, it will gradually become apparent that this Unification notion was already present in the Judeo-Christian tradition in a…
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The Need to Recover Gender Balance, to Understand God as both Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother
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Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 65-128 On January 7, 2013, Hak Ja Han Moon, the wife of Sun Myung Moon and the current head of the worldwide Unification Movement, made a truly momentous and historical announcement: from that date forward we in the Unification Movement should all be addressing God not…
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The Four-Position Foundation as a Tetrahedron and its Relevance to Biblical Numerology and the Natural Sciences
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 221-239 Four-position foundation (4PF) diagrams[1] aid understanding of the discussions in the Divine Principle; they offer uncluttered pictures of God’s plans and also of how Satan constantly frustrated God’s plans and took them over. The conventional 4PF diagram, however, comes short of elucidating one discussion in…
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The Great Jubilee Years 2007-08: A Transition Period in Unification Movement History
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 147-184 This article is taken from Michael L. Mickler’s forthcoming History of the Unification Movement in the Early Twenty-First Century. Reverend Moon declared a “Great Jubilee Year” in 2007 and extended it through 2008. He referred to them together as the Ssang Hap (7/8) jubilee years.…
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From Unification Thought to Unification Philosophy
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Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 129-146 Unification Thought (UT), as systematized by the late Dr. Sang Hun Lee, is currently the only “philosophical” exposition of the Divine Principle (DP or the Principle) in the Unification Movement.[1] The Divine Principle, or simply the Principle, contains the core teachings of Unificationism and it…
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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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Reverend Moon’s Early Teaching on God as Heavenly Parent
Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 16, 2015 – Pages 1-26 On January 7, 2013, in the run-up to Foundation Day, Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon, who since her husband’s passing on September 3, 2012 has led the Unification movement in her capacity as True Mother, declared that henceforth Unificationists should refer to God not as…