The "Moonies": a psychological study of conversion and membership in a contemporary religious sect
Tollenaere, YSB Yannick · American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
The authors undertook this study to enhance psychiatric understanding of contemporary charismatic religious sects. After a pilot study, a representative sample of members of the Unification Church (N = 237) completed a 216-item structured questionnaire. Respondents were below the mean for an age- and sex-matched group…
Atrocity Tales, the Unification Church, and the Social Construction of Evil
David G. Bromley, Anson Shupe, and Joseph C. Ventimiglia · Journal of Communication, Oxford University Press
By evoking outrage at the alleged acts of a religious group, newspaper accounts of atrocities serve to validate “evil” and thereby legitimize social control.
Engaged Members of the Unification Church
Marc Galanter · Archives of General Psychiatry, American Medical Association
This project was designed to study the psychological nature of compliance with unusual behavioral norms among members of a charismatic religious sect. Three hundred twenty-one members of the Unification Church had been placed into marital engagement a year previously in a highly unusual fashion: their partners were…
The Last Civil Religion: Reverend Moon and the Unification Church
Thomas Robbins, Dick Anthony, Madeline Doucas, and Thomas Curtis · Sociological Analysis
From slogans to mantras: social protest and religious conversion in the late Vietnam War era
· Choice Reviews Online
This book takes a provocative look at early 1970s - an often overlooked yet colorful period when Vietnam War and student protests were on wane as new religious groups grew in size and visibility. Certainly, religious strains were evident through postwar popular culture from 1950s Beat generation into 1960s drug…
Unification Church ("Moonie") dropouts: psychological readjustment after leaving a charismatic religious group
Marc Galanter · American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
Of 66 persons who left the Unification Church (the "Moonies"), twenty-three (36%) reported that they had had serious emotional problems after leaving. After an average of 3.8 years, however, the former members studied here had apparently achieved a stable adjustment. Most of them retained a notable fidelity toward the…
The Unification Church Movement
Michael L. Mickler · Cambridge University Press eBooks, Cambridge University Press
This Element recounts the tumultuous history of the Unification Church Movement, deriving from the messianic ministry of MOON Sun Myung (1920–2012). It begins with the UCM's origins in Korea and traces its development into a global conglomerate of churches, related nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses.…
Through the Looking-glass and out the Other Side. Withdrawal from Reverend Moon's Unification Church / Derrière le miroir. Quitter l'Eglise de l'Unification du Révérend Moon.
Jim Beckford · Archives de sciences sociales des religions, Éditions de l'EHESS
Beckford Jim. Through the Looking-glass and out the Other Side. Withdrawal from Reverend Moon's Unification Church / Derrière le miroir. Quitter l'Eglise de l'Unification du Révérend Moon.. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°45/1, 1978. pp. 95-116.
Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action
Anson Shupe and Bronislaw Misztal · Praeger eBooks
Religious social action groups are emerging as key movers in sweeping sociopolitical changes world-wide. Although their inspiration is religious, their goals are secular. This volume considers the role of such groups by examining regions and nations where change has been most dramatic. Areas researched…
"Moonies" get married: a psychiatric follow-up study of a charismatic religious sect
Marc Galanter · American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
A 3-year follow-up of longtime engaged members of the Unification Church revealed remarkable compliance with the sect's unusual marital commitments. Of 305 subjects, 95% were still active in the church and 85% had been married in the interim to mates designated by their religious leader. Their scores on a measure of…
Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action
Raymond L. M. Lee, Anson Shupe, and Bronislaw Misztal · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, SAGE Publishing
Preface Secularization, Globalization, and Social Action Fundamentalism and Globalization: Fundamentalist Movements at the Twilight of the Twentieth Century by Bronislaw Misztal and Anson Shupe Secularization and Religious Modernity in Western Europe by Daniele Hervieu-Leger Open Society, Social Action and the…
Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
Joseph B. Tamney and Frederick Sontag · Sociological Analysis
Journal Article Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church by Frederick Sontag. Nashville: Abingdon, 1977, 244 pp. $8.95 Get access Joseph B. Tamney Joseph B. Tamney Ball State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 39, Issue 2, Summer 1978,…
The Secular Contribution to Religious Innovation: A Case Study of the Unification Church
Arthur S. Parsons · Sociological Analysis
Journal Article The Secular Contribution to Religious Innovation: A Case Study of the Unification Church Get access Arthur S. Parsons Arthur S. Parsons Smith College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 50, Issue 3, Fall 1989, Pages 209–227,…
Stealing the sacred symbols: Biblical interpretation in the peoples temple and the unification church
David Chidester · Religion, Taylor & Francis
Perceptions of danger result not only from fear of defilement, but also from competing claims to the ownership of central symbols by forces on the periphery of a society. This article examines two peripheral movements often perceived as dangerous in American society during the 1970s—the Unification Church and the…
Equity or Exploitation: The Case of the Unification Church
Brock Kilbourne · Review of Religious Research, SAGE Publishing
Messianic Personalism: A Role Analysis of the Unification Church
Arthur S. Parsons · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Wiley
This paper reports the findings of a participant observation study of the role system of the Unification Church. After noting several strategic inconsistencies in the literature on roles and the organization of authority in the Church, the paper describes 1) the therapeutic ideology of heart elaborated by the Moonies;…
A clinical study of four Unification church members
Albert Deutsch and M.J. Miller · American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
Four women who were or had been members of the Unification church were studied by means of clinical interviews and psychological tests. The authors found that these women shared the following characteristics: 1) difficulties with heterosexual relations; 2) idealism and usually the wish to serve or unify others; 3) a…
THE UNIFICATION CHURCH: A KALEIDOSCOPIC INTRODUCTION
Eileen Barker · Society Register, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
The Unification Church, or the Unificationism, also known as HAS-UWC (Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity) or ‘Moonies’ (the term deemed now as disrespectful) but originating from the name of the founder Sun Myung Moon, who set up this Christian religious movement in Northern Korea in…
The advent of Sun Myung Moon: the origins, beliefs, and practices of the Unification Church
· Choice Reviews Online
Examining the evidence Unificationist doctrines the Korean religious heritage the advent of Christianity Korea's new Christians Jesus in Unification thought the blessing rites and festivals the future agenda some personal reflections. Appendix: the numerological significance of the blessings.
A Time for Consideration A Scholarly Appraisal of the Unification Church
M. Darrol Bryant and Herbert Warren Richardson, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology
This volume is a scholarly appraisal of the Unification Church series of articles which place the Unification Church in the context of church history, sociology, and theology.
Spirit Revelation and the Unification Church
James A. Beverley
Abstract Revelation from God and other spirit beings is a central element in the doctrine and life of the Unification Church. This essay examines the changing patterns of revelation in the history of this new religion, paying particular attention to recent and significant developments in the unfolding of revelation to…
Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
Frederick Sontag
The Unification Church
Massimo Introvigne, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology
A Feminising Revolution: The Unification Movement and the ‘Age of Women’
Lukáš Pokorný · Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, Brill
Following the demise of MunS o n-myo ng in 2012, theS outh Korean Unification Movement has entered an era of female leadership.Munswidowed wife,Han Hak-cha, rose to become the groupss ole new leader. Drawing on ad istinct (co-)messianic narrative,while resuming on the given millenarian trajectory -both chiefly shaped…
‘The Millenarian Dream Continued’: Foundation Day, Vision 2020 and the Post-Mun Unification Movement
Lukáš Pokorný · Vienna journal of East Asian studies, De Gruyter
Drawing on a variety of primary sources and numerous interviews and personal conversations with adherents from East Asia, Europe and the United States, this paper sheds light on the latest historical and doctrinal developments in the South Korean Unification Movement, following the passing of its founder and…
From the Unification Church to the Unification Movement and Back
David G. Bromley and Alexa Blonner · Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, University of California Press
Two widely observed patterns in the development of new religious movements are a gradual organizational and theological settling of the movement and a transition in leadership from the founder/leader(s) to their successors.1 We report here on the confluence of these two developments in Unificationism over the last…
Researching New Religious Movements
Elisabeth Arweck
New religious movements such as the Moonies, Jehovah's Witnesses and Hare Krishnas are now well established in mainstream cultural consciousness. But responses to these 'cult' groups still tend to be overwhelmingly negative, characterized by the furious reactions that they evoke from majority interests. Modern…
Unrecognized charisma? A study and comparison of five charismatic leaders: Charles Taze Russell, Joseph Smith, L Ron Hubbard, Swami Prabhupada and Sun Myung Moon
George D. Chryssides · Max Weber Studies
Thoughts on Multicultural Family Issues in a New Religion －Focusing on Japanese Immigrant Wives of the Unification Church－
김계정 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
Disseminating Daesoon Thought: A Comparative Analysis
George D. Chryssides · Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia
The author examines three new religious movements in South Korea: Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Unification Church, and the Daesoon Jinrihoe, and aims to identify the factors that are conducive to the growth of each. All three organisations believe in a coming paradise, and the article explores their respective attempts to…
The Unificationist Funerary Tradition
Lukáš Pokorný · Religions, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
This paper explores the distinctive funerary tradition of the Unification Movement, a globally active South Korean new religious movement founded in 1954. Its funerary tradition centres on the so-called Seonghwa (formerly Seunghwa) Ceremony, which was introduced in January 1984. The paper traces the doctrinal context…
Disillusionment and Mourning in the FFWPU
Kyungsoo Lee and Academic Publishing · Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, Philosophy Documentation Center
This paper will apply Peter Homans’s argument on mourning to the new religious movement phenomena of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU). Homans’s theory focused on the progressive and creative aspects of mourning and extended the discussion from the personal to the social, collective level…
Marriage as a pilgrimage to the fatherland: The case of Japanese women in the Unification Church
Kim Hyun Mee · Asian Journal of Women s Studies, Taylor & Francis
Drawing on cases of Japanese women's conversion narratives and everyday practices of married life, this article examines the religious nature of transnational marriage between Japanese women and Korean men through the Unification Church. I use the term pilgrimage from these women's perspective because they view their…
The Post-Sun Myung Moon Unification Church
Michael L. Mickler
Sun Myung Moon (1920-2012) was the unquestioned leader of the Unification Church (established in 1954) for nearly six decades. Many have speculated as to the fate of a post-Sun Myung Moon church, particularly since his presence held together a variety of competing nationalities, ideological orientations and…
"AS A PEACE-LOVING GLOBAL CITIZEN": A REVIEW OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE REV. SUN MYUNG MOON
George D. Chryssides
A paper presented at the CESNUR 2011 International Conference in Danshui, Taiwan. Please do not quote or reproduce without the consent of the author. Identities and autobiographies What makes me the person I am? To think of the self in philosophical terms of minds and bodies does not touch on the distinctiveness of…
Messiah: My Testimony to Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Bo Hi Pak and Timothy Elder, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology
Chapter 1 Preface Foreword Chapter 2 The Early Years Chapter 3 The Korean War Chapter 4 From the Trenches to Fort Benning Chapter 5 A Bolt Out of the Blue Chapter 6 The Challenge of Learning English Chapter 7 Encounter with the Unification Principle Chapter 8 Korea as the Chosen Nation Chapter 9 Why I Became…
The Advent of Sun Myung Moon. The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church
Richard Singelenberg and George D. Chryssides · Sociological Analysis
The Welsh connection: Pentecostalism and the unification church
George D. Chryssides · Religion Today, Taylor & Francis
One might have thought that of all the mainstream Christian denominations, the Pentecostalists would have been one of the most condemnatory of the Unification Church. Their belief in the inerrancy of scripture is incompatible with the many 'symbolic' interpretations given by the UC; their stress on the importance of…
The Unification Church in America. A bibliography and research guide
Michael L. Mickler, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology
Passport to heaven : a faminist sociological analysis of the gender roles in the unification church as evidenced in its vows of blessing
Kathleen S. Lowney · UMI Dissertation Services eBooks
Sex and Marriage in the Unification Movement: A Sociological Study
Arthur S. Parsons and James H. Grace · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Wiley
This work provides a full-scale study of the approach to sexuality and marriage doctrines of the Unification Church.
Moonies: a Psychological Analysis of the Unification Church.
Roger Allen Dean · Deep Blue (University of Michigan), University of Michigan
The Unification Church was examined in depth to discover why so many young people commit themselves to a totalitarian religious movement so different from their original value system. The Moonies' belief system, their recruitment practices and the typologies of youth who populate the movement were explored and…
Ten theologians respond to the Unification Church
Herbert Warren Richardson and Durwood Foster, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology
Social organization of recruitment in the Unification Church
David Frank Taylor · The Mathematics Enthusiast
In America since the late 60s there has been a burgeoning of youth-oriented spiritual movements.This phenomenon is regarded generally as an outgrowth of the counter-culture movement-a continual exploring of nontraditional paths towards a meaningful life.Many youths have shifted away from both main line religion and…
Rejecting or Remaining? The Second Generation in the Unification Movement
Holly Folk · Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, University of California Press
ABSTRACT: This article draws on the cohort theory of sociologist Karl Mannheim to consider the “second-generation issue” in the Unification movement. Mannheim’s understanding of the “problem of generations” was that generational cohorts have formative differences that create different visions for society. For new…
A Management Perspective on the Mission Strategies and Global Organizational Structure of the Unification Church
Yoshihide Sakurai · Amsterdam University Press eBooks, Amsterdam University Press
God’s Favorite Gun
Brad Stoddard · Journal of Religion and Violence, Philosophy Documentation Center
This article analyzes the Sanctuary Church in Pennsylvania, pastored by Reverend Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon, son of the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon. It specifically addresses the church’s history and the theology that motivated “Pastor Sean,” as he is commonly called, to host a marriage blessing ceremony where attendees…
Unification Church, Moonies
Eileen Barker
The New Religious Movements – What Happened to Them? A Study of the Church of Scientology, The Children of God, iskcon, The Unification Church and The Rajneesh Movement and Their Development over Time
Liselotte Frisk
"The New Religious Movements – What Happened to Them? A Study of the Church of Scientology, The Children of God, iskcon, The Unification Church and The Rajneesh Movement and Their Development over Time" published on 01 Jan 2015 by Brill.
The Unification Church
Sarah M. Lewis · Oxford University Press eBooks, Oxford University Press
Abstract This chapter outlines the origins, history, and beliefs of the Unification Church. It highlights the ways in which the Unification Church has sought to fulfill the role that it believes it holds in God's plan for humanity. It also summarizes the various activities in which the movement has been involved and…
EXPANDING THE RELIGIOUS SPECTRUM: NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN MODERN BRITAIN
Gerald Parsons
It is often assumed that recent decades have seen a general decline in the interest in religion in British society and a consequent reduction in the range and extent of religious activity. In fact, however, the period since the end of the Second World War has been marked by a significant expansion in the number and…
“Cult” or Religion?
Airen Hall · Teaching Theology & Religion, Wiley
The context: This strategy would be best applied in introductory courses on world religions or religion in America. It would also work well in courses specific to the subject of new religious movements. The course in which I most recently used this activity was entitled “Religious Diversity in America.” The…
Yeni Dünya Düzenine Küresel Bir Din Modeli: Moonculuk
Mustafa Bıyık · MİLEL VE NİHAL inanç, kültür ve mitoloji araştırmaları dergisi
Moonculuk ya da Birlestirme Kilisesi, 1954 yilinda Protestan Hiristiyanlik ile Uzakdogu inanc ve felsefelerinin (ozellikle Konfucyanizm ve Yin Yang gelene-gi’nin) bir senkretizmi olarak Guney Kore’de kurulan ve daha sonra merkezi Amerika’ya nakledilen bir dinsel akimdir. Bu akimin, “yeni dunya duzeni”ni kurma…
The Family of Religion, Religion of the Family : A Case Study of the Unification Church
Yotaro Miyamoto · 宗教と社会
Joseph Fichter and the New Religions
Eileen Barker · Sociology of Religion, Oxford University Press
In his introduction to the Joumal for the Scieniific Study of Religion 1975 symposium on the work of Joseph Fichter, JeK Hadden listed a number of ways in which Joe had gOt himself into trouble by not toeing the party (that is, the Vatican) line. He ended with the words And I am confident that there are yet more…
Messianic Movements: A Comparative Analysis of the Sabbatians, the People's Temple and the Unification Church
Sture Ahlberg, Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology
Messianic movements : a comparative analysis of the Sabbatians, the People's Temple and the Unification Church
Rites of Passage in the Unification Church
Mikael Rothstein · Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion, Åbo Akademi University
No abstract available
The Advent of Sun Myung Moon
George D. Chryssides · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, Palgrave Macmillan
The Odyssey of New Religious Movements, Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church
E. Burke Rochford and John Biermans · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Wiley
Personality Correlates of Religious Attitudes: The Case of Campus Crusade and Unification Church
J.M. van der Lans, Frans Derks, and Fries Mertens · Psychologica Belgica, Ubiquity Press
Three groups of subject (From 20 to 30, from 40 to 50, and over 60 years of age) were asked to produce four geometrical figures (circle, square, cube, star) and four non-geometrical drawings (house, human figure, bicycle, pipe) on verbal command first, and then from a model. Analysis of data gathered on 96 subjects…
World Unification Church: Mixed motives at conclave
Peter David · Nature, Nature Portfolio
Cheon Il Guk of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification: A Church-State Relations Perspective
Youn-Hee An · Religions of Korea
본 논문은 최근 한국 사회에서 세계평화통일가정연합을 둘러싸고 제기되고 있는 정교유착 및 신정정치 논란을 배경으로, 가정연합의 핵심 교리인 천일국론을 종교사회학적 관점에서 분석하고 그 정치적 오해의 구조를 규명하고자 한다. 특히 천일국이 특정 국가나 정권의 창출을 목표로 하는 정치 이데올로기가 아니라, 하늘부모님 중심의 평화이상세계를 지향하는 종교적 이상세계론임을 밝히는 데 주된 목적을 둔다. 이를 위해 국가-종교 관계 유형론, 세속화 및 공적 종교 논의, 근대 …
Redemptory Intimacy: The Family Culture of the Unification Church
Arthur S. Parsons · Communal Societies
New Religions and Second-Generation Studies
Donald A. Westbrook · Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, University of California Press
ABSTRACT: This special issue on new religions and second-generation members brings together three articles, two Field Notes essays, and one Perspective essay. The authors draw on a variety of methodologies and disciplines, including history, religious studies, sociology, and psychoanalysis. Particular attention is…
Performativity of Marriage-Migrant Women and the Dynamic Construction of Religious Communities: Focusing on the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Youn Hee An · The Critical Review of Religion and Culture
본 논문은 세계평화통일가정연합의 일본인 결혼이주여성들의 수행성과 그들의 삶이 70여년의 역사를 이어오고 있는 한국 가정연합 공동체의 정체성과 종교문화에 현재 미치고 있는 영향을 분석한다. 연구대상인 한국 가정연합의 일본여성들은 종교적 결혼이주를 하여 한국에 정착하여 살고 있다. 이들에 대한 기존 연구가 주로 사회학적·인류학적 차원에서 이주여성의 다문화 적응이나 가족문제에 초점을 두었다면, 본 연구는 종교학적 관점에서 이들의 이주와 실천이 종교공동체 자체를 어떻게 변화시키는가에 주목한다. 이를 위해 …
The Second Generation from Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Movement and Their Multiple Cohorts
Nicholas Chiaia · International Journal for the Study of New Religions, Equinox Publishing
This study updates explanations about the late Reverend Dr. Sun Myung Moon’s (“Reverend Moon”) Unification Movement, a new religious movement he founded in 1954. The Unification Movement substantively fragmented, beginning in 2008 following the founder’s age-related mental and physical decline. This study principally…
The Unification Church in Search of Respectability
Benjamin Beit‐Hallahmi
The Unification of Religion and Science in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification : A Study Based on Ian G. Barbour’s Typology
선문대학교 신학과 교수 and Jaewan Joo · Peace and Religions
본 논문은 이안 바부어의 네 가지 유형론, 곧 갈등, 독립, 대화, 통합을 바탕으로 세계평화통 일가정연합의 종교와 과학 통일론을 고찰하였다. 가정연합은 종교와 과학이 하나님의 창조목 적 안에서 본래 하나의 진리로 통일되어 있었으나, 인간의 타락으로 분리되었다고 본다. 그러 나 구원섭리를 통해 종교와 과학은 본래의 일치를 회복해 나간다고 본다. 이러한 관점은 바부 어의 통합 유형의 성격과 유사하다. 특히 비판적 실재론과 자연의 신학적 방법론, …
6.5.1 After Vogan: Double Standard for Examining Petitions (1951)
Julius Heise · transcript Verlag eBooks, Transcript Verlag
239 6.5.1 After Vogan: Double Standard for Examining Petitions (1951) Throughout the period of trusteeship, oral hearings were used almost exclusively by African petitioners, 337 particularly petitioners from Togoland.In fact, until 1950, the Ewe and Togoland unification movement was the only group that appeared in…
“All Evil Spirits Must Be Brushed Off”
Lukáš Pokorný and Dominic Zoehrer
Abstract Emerging out of a messianic Protestant environment steeped in the Korean religious heritage, the Unification Church/Movement has become one of the best-known new religious movements in the world. However, little is known about the impact of mediumistic activities in Unificationism, particularly as articulated…
A Study on Religious Education in Families of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification: Focusing on Adolescent Textbooks
Sun‐Young Moon
[Objective] This study aims to understand religious education in families of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), a new Christian religion, with a particular focus on adolescent textbooks utilized in these households. [Contents] The adolescent textbooks, compiled into two volumes, are structured…
Cambridge Elements in New Religious Movements (review)
Benjamin Crace · Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, University of California Press
Reviewed by: Cambridge Elements in New Religious Movements Benjamin Crace New Publications in Cambridge Elements in New Religious Movements. Cambridge University Press. $22.00 softcover; ebooks available. The Unification Church Movement. By Michael L. Mickler, 2022. 82 pages. The Transcendental Meditation Movement. By…
Cults: The Unification Church
Wind Goodfriend
Nothing new under the sun: Unification Church and Jesus Morning Star (Jms)
Cristina Bahón Arnaiz · JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Christianity has a relatively short history in Korea, yet it has grown rapidly, consolidating the biggest percentage of Christians among East Asia. Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches are some of the mainline Protestant denominations in the country. Furthermore, alternative Christian groups, also referred to…
Power, ritual, and identity - A cognitive study of conversion to the Unification Church
Avel GUÉNIN--CARLUT and Isaac Dubourg
We revisit the sociological discussion around coercive conversion to the worldview of religious or political organization, building from the historical example of the Unification Church. Using the neurocomputational framework of Active Inference, we demonstrate that (in line with the current sociological consensus)…
Socio-Anthropological Approaches to Religion
David W. Kim and Duncan Wright · Lexington Books
Socio-Anthropological Approaches to Religion: Environmental Hope interprets the fundamental functions of spirituality through the theories and practices of hope and understanding the futuristic aspiration of new religious movements. The book portrays a neutral notion of hope that can be either religious or humanistic…
Spirituality as Seen Through Early Mystical Experiences in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification: Focusing on “Testimonies” Volume 1
Minji Kim · Religions of Korea
본 연구는 가정연합 초기 신비체험에 주목하여 『증언』 1집에 실린 신비체험의 내용과 특징을 분석하고 이를 기초하여 영성을 정리해보고자 하였다. 먼저 가정연합 초기 신비체험은 문선명·한학자 선생이 참부모임을 깨닫고 가정연합 신앙에 대해 더욱 확신을 가지게 하는 경험이었다. 이러한 신비체험은 ①입교전 다양한 종교의 신비체험, ②하얀 한복을 입은 남성의 등장, ③하나님을 직접 만나거나 음성을 들음, ④계시를 통해 앞일을 알게 됨, ⑤치유의 역사(役事) 경험 등의 특징을 …
A Study on the Discussion on The Principle of GongEui(Co-righteousness) and Family of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
원광대학교 원불교학과 부교수. and Sungjun Yeum · Peace and Religions
본 연구는 ‘세계평화통일가정연합’(이하 가정연합)이 ‘공의주의(共義主義)’의 실천을 위한 기본단위를 ‘가정(家庭)’으로 규정한 것에 대한 논쟁에 주목한다. 먼저 『통일사상요강』, 『원리 강론』, 『문선명선생말씀선집』등을 근거로 한 선행연구의 해석을 통해 공의주의가 무엇인지 를 살펴본다. 공통적으로 공의주의와 가정 개념이 기존 선행연구에서 ‘하나님의 참사랑’을 중 심으로 해석되고 있지만 공의주의의 실천 기본단위를 가정으로 할 때, 그 실행 주체를 가정연 합 존재론의 핵심 개념인 ‘개성진리체(個性眞理體)’로 볼 것인지 아니면 가정으로 볼 …
Michael L. Mickler, The Unification Church Movement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 82 pp. ISBN: 978-1-0092-4146-5 $37.52(pbk)
Steven Foertsch · Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia
In fact, the UCM's founding generation has set its sights on significant global expansionWhether the post-Sun Myung Moon/post-Hak Ja Han Moon UCM will seek a denominational niche within which it might perpetuate, or whether it will maintain its world-transforming religious fervor, will be pivotal questions during the…
A Study on “Holy Salt” of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification(FFWPU) from the Perspective of ‘Material Religion’
Youn Hee An · The Critical Review of Religion and Culture
소금은 인간의 생명유지에 필요한 생리적 요소로서 고대문명에서부터 사회문화적으로 중요한 역할을 해왔으며, 동서고금의 종교의례와 민간신앙에서도 널리 사용되며 종교문화적 의미에 참여해온 물질이다. 그러나 소금의 종교적 사용이나 의미에 대한 연구는 거의 일천하다. 한국 신종교인 세계평화통일가정연합은 일찍부터 물건이나 음식, 장소를 깨끗하고 거룩한 것으로 분별하는 성별의 물질로 성스러운 소금, 즉 성염(holy salt)을 공식적으로 사용해왔다. 이러한 성염은 가정 연합의 종교의례와 신자들의 일상적 삶과 의식에 깊이 자리하고 …
Female Savior and God the Mother : A Study of the Theology of the Only Begotten Daughter of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
선문대학교 신학과 교수. and Jaewan Joo · Peace and Religions
종교사 안에서 대체로 남성 신과 남성 구원자를 중심한 종교는 남성 중심적 문화를 형성해 왔다. 가정연합은 그와 다르게 음양적 신관과 부부 구원자관을 가지고 있다. 이러한 사상적 특 징은 가정연합이 더 남녀평등의 문화를 형성할 것으로 기대하게 한다. 그러나 독생녀론이 나오 기 전까지 가정연합은 남성 구원자 중심의 신앙관에서 음양의 신을 남성격이며 아버지로 이해 하고, 부부 구원자를 남성 중심으로 이해하는 경향이 컸다. 한학자의 새로운 …
A Study on the Family Soteriology of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Jaewan Joo · Studies in Religion(The Journal of the Korean Association for the History of Religions)
대부분 종교는 구원을 개인 또는 사회의 관점에서 이해하는 반면, 세계평화통일가정연합은 개인, 사회와 더불어 가정도 구원의 범주로 이해한다. 따라서 가정연합의 구원론은 개인구원, 사회구원, 가정구원의 범주로 구성된다. 가정연합에 의하면, 구원은 타락으로 이루지 못한 신의 창조목적을 실현하는 것이다.<BR> 가정구원은 크게 세 가지 의미를 함께 갖는다. 첫째, 신을 중심한 창조본연의 가정을 회복하는 것이다. 둘째, 신을 중심한 본연의 가정을 통해 신의 자녀로 거듭나며, 사랑의 인격과 …
Tzu-Chi and the ‘Moonies’
Niki Alsford and Nataša Visočnik
This chapter focuses on two new religious movements (NRMs): Tzu-Chi and the Unification Church within Taiwan and South Korea. The chapter documents their beginnings and explores their involvement within welfare provision. It is argued that NRMs are part of the very fabric of modernisation theory and in the absence of…
Legal challenges posed to the Unification Church in Europe
Peter Zoehrer
In November 1995, the founders of the Unification Church (UC) were blacklisted through the Schengen Information System and thus banned from entering 12 European countries. The ban against Rev. Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) and his wife constituted a blatant violation of the basic right of several thousand European…
No stranger to litigation
Michael L. Mickler
The Unification Church (UC), officially, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), is no stranger to litigation, particularly in the United States. However, its relationship to the law has evolved. Initially ignored and later stigmatized as a religious cult, the UC fought as an outsider asserting…
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification’s Understanding of Death and its Educational Implications
Sun‐Young Moon · Jong'gyo gyoyughag yeon'gu/Jonggyo gyoyukak yeongu
The Understanding of the Chosen People in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Sun‐Young Moon · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
Understanding Heavenly Parent : Love Is Not a Concept, but Is a Substantial Reality
Tyler Hendricks
Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon lifts up God who is Heavenly Parent, Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. Unificationism has always used these terms but has never explained them. In this paper I present a conceptual framework by which to do so. I begin with God as one person, then explain how this one person became two, male and…
Eileen Barker: The Making of a Moonie. Choice or Brainwashing? (1984)
Heidemarie Winkel
A Review on the Concept of ‘King of Peace’ in Pyeong Hwa Gyeong of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Youn-Hee An and Younhee An · Peace and Religions
평화는 인류의 오랜 소망이지만, 무엇이 평화이고 누구의 평화이며 어떻게 평화가 가능한지에 대해 수많은 입장과 견해가 상충하고 있고 갈등과 전쟁, 폭력의 현실은 여전히 인간의 실존적 조건이다. 세계평화통일가정연합은 그러한 갈등과 다툼, 미움과 원한이 해소된 ‘평화’이상세계를 종교적 이상으로 지향하며, 종교영역을 넘어 다양한 평화운동을 활발하게 펼쳐왔다. ‘평화’는 가정연합의 종교적 이상과 실천적 지향을 가장 총체적으로 표현하며 종교를 넘어선 운동들의 일관된 슬로건이자 기조이다. 그런 점에서 가정연합의 …
Family Values in Doctrine and Practice of Synthetic Neo-Religions
Yaroslav Yuvsechko · Релігійна Свобода
The article analyzes the beliefs and practical activities of synthetic neo-religions on issues of family, marriage, marital life, children’s education, attitude to parents, etc. In particular, the position of Baha'i Faith, Unification Church and Church of Scientology is considered.
 The peculiarity of this…
The Current State of Cultural Contents of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
문선영 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
The making of multicultural Korea : religious women's discourses towards ethnic and sexual diversity
Gowoon Jung
A lively body of literature has explored the majority Korean public’s rapidly changing attitudes and opinions on immigrants and LGBT persons, drawing on large-scale quantitative data amidst the Korean government’s pro-multicultural policies and programs in the wake of neoliberal global pressure. In contrast to the…
A Study about the Family Peace based on the Perspective of the Couples in the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
선학유피대학원대학교 and Incheon Kim · Peace and Religions
현대사회에서 갈등과 불평등, 부정의가 난무하고 있는 것처럼 가정에서도 안전과 평화를 위협하는 다양한 사건이 일어나고 있다. 평화는 갈등과 전쟁이 없이 평온하고 조화를 이루며, 서로 간에 치우침 없이 수평을 이룬 안정의 상태이다. 평화로운 세상을 만들어 가기 위해서는 먼저 가정의 평화가 실현되어야 한다. 가정의 평화를 위협하는 많은 문제는 평범할 수도 있는 가사노동과 육아문제로부터 출발한다. 현대는 남성과 여성 모두가 일과 가정을 양립하면서 가 사분담과 …
창립자 사후 세계평화통일가정연합의 변화
주재완 · 종교연구
The religious community initiated by Sun-Myung Moon was divided into three groups after his death. The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (hereinafter FFWPU) led by Moon’s wife Hak-Ja Han is a major group among them. This paper studies the changes of the FFWPU after Moon’s death. The FFWPU seems to be…
1 Science and the Foundation of Unificationism
Benjamin E. Zeller · New York University Press eBooks
This chapter traces the emergence of the Unification movement from the nucleus of Rev. Sun Myung Moon to its burgeoning in the United States in the form of three distinct Unificationist movements. It begins with a biographical sketch of Reverend Sun Myung Moon, which provides evidence of the importance of science in…
2 Science and the American Unification Church
Benjamin E. Zeller · New York University Press eBooks
A Study of factors and materials of Mindfulness in Unification Church canons
Jae-Young Lee · Won-Buddhist Thought & Religious Culture
A Study on the Holy Songs written by the Founder of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
문선영 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
A Study on the Religious Attire of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Do Hyun Sup · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
<i>Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe,</i>by Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist.
Eileen Barker · Sociology of Religion, Oxford University Press
As the title suggests, this book is about children who have been born or brought up at an early age into one of those religions that might be termed a sect, cult, and/or a new religious movement. Van Eck Duymaer van Twist focuses primarily, though not exclusively, on the Bruderhof, the Church of Scientology, the…
The Changes of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) after the Death of Its Founder Sun - Myung Moon
Jaewan Joo · Studies in Religion(The Journal of the Korean Association for the History of Religions)
The Dispensation of Providence: Growing Up as a Blessed Child in the Unification Church
Suzanne Newcombe and Sarah Harvey
The Study of the Origin of Holy Ground in Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
양편승 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
True Parent’s Educational Principle of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Moonsun Ae Sophia · Jong'gyo gyoyughag yeon'gu/Jonggyo gyoyukak yeongu
„V normálním životě bychom se nikdy dohromady nedali.“
Andrea Beláňová · Lidé města
Arranged marriages, together with mass weddings, are not the only remarkable practices of the Unification Church. Arranged marriages can also be viewed as the central point of the Unification Church members’ life histories. These biographies are continuously being created, shared, and retold within the group.…
A Study of ‘God and Human Beings United in Love’ of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Jaewan Joo · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
Gidowon Culture within a New Religious Movement in Korean Christianity : Changes in Unification Church Doctrines as Seen through Cheongpyong Gidowon
富建 古田 · 韓国朝鮮の文化と社会
Paraguay As a Holy Land: From the Guarani Indians to Reverend Sun Myung Moon
Ronald J. Brown · Touro Scholar (Touro College), Touro College
The author details the history of the various groups that settled in Paraguay, including Jesuits, Mennonites, and European refugees. He also discusses the rule of President Francisco Solano Lopez.
The Expanding Process of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification Mission in Japan and its Effect toward Unificationism Mission in World
양편승 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
Theory of Parents in Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
문선애 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
A Comparative Study on the Threefold Training of Buddhism and the Three Stages of Resurrection of the Unification Church
Lee JaeYoung · International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture
For a proper dialogue and harmony between different religious traditions it is more desirable to look for “what is common” than “what is different.” When the threefold training, a self-cultivation system of Buddhism, is compared with the three stages of resurrection, a human development system of the Unification…
A Study of Multiculturalism in the Unification Church as Reported in the Press : Based on analysis of media from the last 10 years regarding Japanese immigrant women
Min-Ji Kim · The Journal of Peace Studies
The Unification Church, which has been performing marriage blessing ceremonies that have transcended religious, racial and national barriers since the 1960's, has produced many international couples. This study seeks to shed new light on Korean multiculturalism from the perspective of Japanese women who, after…
Indemnified Love: Celibacy in the Unification Church
The Idea of Post-Heaven’s Creation of New Religion in Korea and the Foundation Day of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
문선애 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
When Does a New Religion Become Religion? : The Meaning of Messiah’s Death in the Unification Church
Chang Yick Lee · The Critical Review of Religion and Culture
A Comparative Study on the Theocracy Community by Calvin and Unification Church
조응태 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
On the Criteria for Classifying Religious Organizations, or How Wallis “Ascended” the Moonies
Danijel Sinani · Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology, University of Belgrade
The paper considers the criteria for the classification of religious organizations utilized by Roy Wallis and Gordon Melton in their typologies. The Unification church, which can be found in categories established in accordance to different criteria in the work of the two aforementioned authors, is used as an example…
Heresy or Korean Christianity: The Religious Movements of the Unification Church, the Olive Tree Movement, and the Yong Moon San Prayer Mountain
Kim Heung-Soo
Multi-cultural Society and Religious Education in Unification Church
문선영 · Jong'gyo gyoyughag yeon'gu/Jonggyo gyoyukak yeongu
SAKURAI Yoshihide, NAKANISHI Hiroko: Unification Church: Mission Strategy and Mass Marriage in Japan and Korea
Yuri INOSE · Contemporary Sociological Studies
Science as Social Identity Marker
Benjamin E. Zeller · Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, University of California Press
This article considers the place of science in the thought of three Unificationist groups in the United States from 1959 to 1971, those operated by Young Oon Kim, David S. C. Kim and Sang Ik Choi, all associated with Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. The manner in which these groups treated science reveals and…
A Study of Korean New Religion Love for All Beings in Nature -Centering on Unification Church-
양편승 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
The Understanding of Women from the Perspective of Unification Church and Its Contemporary Meanings
문선영 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
A Sect of the Unification Church : The Cosmic United True Kingdom Federation(Section 12,THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES)
Hiroko Nakanishi · Journal of religious studies
A Study on Ahn Shi Il (the Day of Settlement and Attendance) in The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
문선영 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
COWAN, Douglas E., and David G. Bromley. 2008. 'Cults and New Religions: A Brief History'. Malden, MA: Blackwell. xii + 260 pp. ISBN 978-1-4051-6128-2 (pbk)
George D. Chryssides · Fieldwork in Religion, Equinox Publishing
Cults and New Religions is a short introduction to new religious movements (NRMs), eight of which are given extended coverage: Scientology, Transcendental Meditation (TM), Ramtha, The Unification Church (UC)-now known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), The Children of God-now The Family…
Susan Matsukawa vs. UWEC: The 1982 Incident Which Created Debate About Religious Organizations and Freedom of Speech on Campus
Glen Eastman · Minds at UW (University of Wisconsin), University of Wisconsin–Madison
In the Fall of 1982 Susan Matsukawa enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) with the intent and purpose of establishing a religious cult. She was a member of the Unification Church and attempted to form a branch of the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP) on campus. The…
The Society of Postmodernism and The Unification Church -focusing on the recent alterations of the Unification Church-
양편승 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
A Study for Deep Ecology of the Korean New Religion -Centered on the Unification Church-
양편승 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
A study on the transplantation process of the unification church in United State of America
양편승 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
The Unification Church as a Christian new religious movement and Korean spirituality
김항제 · Journal of the Korean Academy of New Religions
30. Rites of Passage in the Unification Church
Don Baker · Princeton University Press eBooks, Princeton University Press
Antiquity and Social Reform: Religious Experience in the Unification Church, Feminist Wicca and the Nation of Yahweh
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
Although religious innovation in America historically has been the norm rather than the exception, mainstream Americans have often viewed new religious movements with suspicion and occasionally with outright alarm. The question motivating many studies of new religious movements has been "why would someone join these…
Won Hwa Do: Martial Art as a Weapon of New Religion
Zdenko Reguli
Korean martial art won hwa do is connected with The Unification Church. Its founder is Sun Myung Moon, who founded many other nongovernmental organizations. The Unification Church has a gross influence on personal life of its members. It seems be dangerous for countries in the Middle Europe as it is shown on example…
통일교의 기독교 인정투쟁과 종교통일 담론
이진구 · 한국기독교와 역사
This paper aims at discovering the Unification Church’s logic in its struggles for recognition as a Christian group and its discourses on the unification of religions. The Unification Church appeared as a new religious sect of Korea in 1954. From the beginning, this sect faced much criticism from all branches of…
A Conspiracy Hunter and a Newton
Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross · Oxford University Press eBooks, Oxford University Press
Abstract This chapter details the involvement of Jonathan Wells and William Dembski in the intelligent design movement. Wells, a member of Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, devotes himself to attacking evolution as a religious duty, and Dembski is the movement’s chief apologist and mathematical thinker. The…
MOONCULUK HAREKETİ VE TÜRKİYE’DE BENZER BİR CEMAAT YAPILANMASININ SOSYOLOJİK ANALİZİ
Hatice Bodur · DergiPark (Istanbul University), Istanbul University
Sun Myung Moon tarafından Güney Kore’de kurulan ve Mooncular olarak bilinenDünya Hıristiyanlığının Birleşmesi için Kutsal Manevi Birlik Kilisesi, nativistikbir hareket olarak doğmuş ve küreselleşmeden yararlanarak dünya ölçeğinde faaliyetlerinisürdürmüştür. Çeşitli alanlardaki faaliyetleriyle belli bir popülarite elde…
Social theory and religious movements
James A. Beckford · Cambridge University Press eBooks, Cambridge University Press
Social scientists aspire to explain or interpret the patterns that they detect in social relations, social processes, cultural meanings and social structures. The results of their work are often contentious but sometimes persuasive. By contrast, their attempts to predict the future are rarely successful. The…
Il matrimonio Moon
Sabrina Pastorelli
For Unification Church, founded by Reverend Moon, family institution is an important instrument to save the world. Rev. Moon chooses the candidates for a wedding by examining their photos and their application forms, and in this way he creates blessing families. Since 1992, Moon's marriages are open to non-adherents:…
Messiah: my testimony to Rev. Sun Myung Moon, v.1
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Vereinigungskirche (Mun-Bewegung)
Jutta Bernard and Günter Kehrer · J.B. Metzler eBooks, J.B. Metzler
1. Die populär unter den Bezeichnungen »Mun-Sekte« oder auch »Mun-Bewegung« bekannte Vereinigungskirche (engl. Unification Church) gehört zu den →Neuen religiösen Bewegungen und entstand aus Elementen des →Konfuzianismus und des koreanischen →Protestantismus. Die Familie des Gründers San Myung Mun (engl. Transkription…
A Religious Sect: The Unification Church
Marc Galanter
Abstract The Unification Church was established in the United States early in the course of its evolution as a religious sect, at a time when intense conversion experiences and fervent commitment were reflected in the way new members were engaged. Because of this, studies of the church during this period of expansion…
Genitaliernes teologi: genitaliekult i Unification Church
Mikael Rothstein · Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen), University of Copenhagen
20 THE UNIFICATION CHURCH
Eileen Barker · SUNY Press eBooks, State University of New York Press
THE UNIFICATION CHURCH
Eileen Barker · State University of New York Press eBooks, State University of New York Press
Unification Church (Penyatuan Gereja) dan Penilaiannya
Khadijah Mohd Khambali Hambali · Jurnal Usuluddin
Abstract This article describes one of the Christian's movement (church's movement), its methods and its principles, i.e: Unification Church and analysing them comparatively.
Cults : the experiences of three survivors
Barbara Diane Dares-Godley · AcadiaU-DEV
This study investigates the cult involvement of three individuals. The first is a nineteen year old woman who became involved in occult practices with her peer group. The second, a woman in her forties who was, for eight years, an active member of the Children of God (The Family) cult. Thirdly, a man in his forties…
Tenchi Seikyō: A messianic Buddhist cult
T. H. Pearce · Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Tenchi Seikyo is a small New Religion in Japan that has converged with the Unification Movement of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. This paper presents the history and nature of Tenchi Seikyo, describes the life of its founder, Kawase Kayo, and outlines Tenchi Seikyo ^ organization, beliefs, and practices. It also discusses the…
The Members, their Families, and their Friends
Bryan Wilson and Karel Dobbelaere
Abstract IN an increasingly individualistic society, new religions generally win converts singly rather than as whole families. Whilst long-settled sectarian bodies are most typically composed of families and sometimes of extended kinship networks, as intermarriage and endogamy have led to a cumulative process of…
Book Review: The Advent of Sun Myung Moon
M. Thomas Starkes · Missiology An International Review, SAGE Publishing
The Korean War and messianic groups: Two cases in contrast
Joong-Hyun hoe
The Unification Church poses a question related to the disaster causation model, because it did not grow to any significant degree during the first decade following the start of the Korean War that was undoubtedly the most disastrous event to Koreans in the 20th century. The present dissertation examines the…
The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church. By George D. Chryssides. St. Martin's Press. 1991. 230 pp. $35.00.
Young-chan Ro · The Journal of Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press
Book Review| May 01 1992 The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church. By George D. Chryssides. St. Martin's Press. 1991. 230 pp. $35.00. Young-Chan Ro Young-Chan Ro George Mason…
Postscript: Some Personal Reflections
George D. Chryssides · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, Palgrave Macmillan
The approach adopted in this book has been phenomenological. I have attempted throughout to describe the origins, beliefs and practices of the Unification Church without imposing my own value judgements or raising external criticisms from my own religious standpoint. By doing so, however, I may be accused of having…
The Blessing
George D. Chryssides · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, Palgrave Macmillan
We have seen that in Unificationist thought, God’s ideal for humankind is marriage and the procreation of sinless children. Jesus was crucified before he was able to undergo matrimony, and consequently the Kingdom of Heaven was left unopened. Because the Lord of the Second Advent is believed to have taken over the…
Unificationism: The Moonies in Belgium
Bryan Wilson
Abstract The Unification Church has been accorded an importance in western countries quite out of proportion to its size, principally because of the attention of the mass media. Orchestrated press campaigns have typically alleged that Moonies induce converts to break off contact with their families; deceive donors and…
Biermans (John T.) The Odyssey of New Religions Today. A Case Study of the Unification Church
Françoise Champion · Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche)
Champion Françoise. Biermans (John T.) The Odyssey of New Religions Today. A Case Study of the Unification Church. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°68/2, 1989. p. 204.
Mickler (Michael L.) The Unification Church in America. A Bibliography and Research Guide
Françoise Champion · Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche)
Champion Françoise. Mickler (Michael L.) The Unification Church in America. A Bibliography and Research Guide. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°68/2, 1989. p. 275.
The Odyssey of New Religious Movements: Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church. By John Biermans. Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1986. 218 pp. $9.95 paper
D. S. Bromley · Journal of Church and State, Oxford University Press
Journal Article The Odyssey of New Religious Movements: Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church. By John Biermans. Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1986. 218 pp. $9.95 paper Get access David S. Bromley David S. Bromley Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia Search…
The Odyssey of New Religious Movements: Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church. By John T. Biermans. Symposium Series 19. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1986. xiv + 216 pp.
Tyler Hendricks · Church History, Cambridge University Press
The Odyssey of New Religious Movements: Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church. By John T. Biermans. Symposium Series 19. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1986. xiv + 216 pp. - Volume 57 Issue 3
Boyer (Jean-François) L'Empire Moon et Grace (James H.) Sex and Marriage in the Unification Movement. A Sociological Study
Françoise Champion · Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche)
Champion Françoise. Boyer (Jean-François) L'Empire Moon et Grace (James H.) Sex and Marriage in the Unification Movement. A Sociological Study. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°62/2, 1986. pp. 237-238.
People of the Quest: An Overview of the Unification Church / Youth Seminar on World Religions / MSG Blessing Ceremony
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The program opens with credits, narration, and historical clips. Different members of the religious community, Unificationism and otherwise, discuss the spiritual vacuum in modern society. Missionary work in underdeveloped nations and college campuses is also shown, ending at 26:34. The next program discusses the…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: Family and Society
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
At 00:40, the first section begins, titled, "Perspective on The Fall of Man." This section focuses on Genesis and the fall of man. At 21:53 Rev. Sun Myung Moon, with a translator, gives a sermon on the same topic. At 26:30, there is a group of academics discussing disordered sexual relations/adultery. At 31:17, the…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: God and Humans
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The first section discusses God's nature and availability to the congregation. The next section begins at 23:21 with Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his translator covering similar topics, such as the morality of God and gaining God's Approval. The next section, at 41:02, is titled "Perspective on God's Blessings to Man."…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: Good and Evil
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The first section is called "Perspective on the Reality of Satan," and focuses on the devil, his actions, and the spirit world. At 23:01, "Perceptive on Sinfulness" begins. This section is focused on good vs. evil, surrendering to God, and corruption. At 41:29, the next section begins, with Dr. Frederick Sontag…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: In the Service of God
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The video opens with Dr. Joseph Bettis discussing the foundation of the Unification Church as well as Rev. Sun Myung Moon. At 03:55, Rev. Moon and his translator give a sermon on the Church's work in the United States, immorality of the U.S., the breakdown of the family unit, boundaries between Satan and humanity, and…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: Our Hope
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The first program, "Perspective on Resurrection," focuses on the spiritual body, interactions with the spiritual world, and vitality. At 20:44, four academics discuss eschatology in the Unification Church. At 27:04, A. Durwood Foster talks about similarities between other eschatologies and the Unification Church's…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: Sin and Salvation
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The first section, "Perspective on Sin," begins at 0:34, covering types of sin and a lineage of salvation. At 20:46, Dr. A. Durwood Foster discusses the doctrine of the Fall in the Unification Church. At 22:24, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, with his translator, gives a sermon on how to love God properly. At 28:02, the next…
Unificationism: Perspectives on Christian Faith: Spiritual Life
· DigiNole (Florida State University)
The video opens with Dr. A. Durwood Foster and other scholars discussing their research into the theology of Unification, the overlap between the other Christian denominations and necessary context. At 04:02, the section "Perspective on Prayer" begins touching on the uses/benefits of prayer. The next section titled,…
An Analysis of the Rhetorical Methods Used by the Unification Church
Danford A. Hall · Religious communication today.
The Unification Church: A Model As to Why and How Cults Distort Doctrine, Scripture, and Practice
James Bjornstad · DigitalCommons-Cedarville (Cedarville University), Cedarville University
Sontag (Frederick) Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church; An In-Depth Investigation of Man and the Movement
Jean Séguy · Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche)
Séguy Jean. Sontag (Frederick) Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church; An In-Depth Investigation of Man and the Movement. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°51/2, 1981. p. 293.
A Time for Consideration: A Scholarly Appraisal of the Unification Church
Barbara Hargrove, M. Darrol Bryant, Herbert Warren Richardson, and Susan Hodges · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Wiley
Book Review: III. Historical Theological Studies: Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
Bill J. Leonard · Review & Expositor, SAGE Publishing
Unification Church
John T. Edsall and E. P. Wigner · Physics Today, AIP Publishing
Share Icon Share Twitter Facebook Reddit LinkedIn Reprints and Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation John T. Edsall, E. P. Wigner; Unification Church. Physics Today 1 October 1980; 33 (10): 15–88. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2913783 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends…
Book Review: Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
Wi Jo Kang · Occasional Bulletin of Missionary Research, SAGE Publishing
Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church by Frederick Sontag (Abingdon; 223 pp.; $8.95)
· Worldview
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Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. By Frederick Sontag. Nashville: Abingdon, 1977. 224 pages. $8.95.
A. W. Sadler · Horizons, Cambridge University Press
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The Moonie Family
Leo Sandon · Worldview, Cambridge University Press
Moonies I met in the Barrytown, New York, seminary of the Unification Church is a young man I will call Tom Kellogg, now in his mid-twenties. We became friends, and it was when I was talking with Tom that the seriousness of this question struck me with great force. Tom comes from one of New York's prominent families;…
The Influence of the Unification Church in the United States of America
Wi Jo Kang · Missiology An International Review, SAGE Publishing