Unification Church

Author : J. Isamu Yamamoto
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310534990

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Unification Church by J. Isamu Yamamoto Pdf

The Unification Church and its founder, Dr. Sun Myung Moon, have been in the center of controversy because of their recruiting practices, their financial holdings, and their authoritarian style--including arranged, mass marriages. Most controversial in terms of its teachings in Dr. Moon's claim to be a new Messiah who will finish what Jesus left "undone." Is he the Messiah, and is his Diving Principle the third testament of the Bible? Why this series? This is an age when countless groups and movements, old and new, mark the religious landscape in our culture, leaving many people confused or uncertain in their search for spiritual truth and meaning. Because few people have the time or opportunity to research these movements fully, these books provide essential information and insights for their spiritual journeys. All books but the summary volume, Truth and Error, contain five sections: -A concise introduction to the group being surveyed -An overview of the group’s theology — in its own words -Tips for witnessing effectively to members of the group -A bibliography with sources for further study -A comparison chart that shows the essential differences between biblical Christianity and the group -Truth and Error, the last book in the series, consists of parallel doctrinal charts compiled from all the other volumes. -Three distinctives make this series especially useful to readers: -Information is carefully distilled to bring out truly essential points, rather than requiring readers to sift their way through a sea of secondary details. -Information is presented in a clear, easy-to-follow outline form with “menu bar” running heads. This format greatly assists the reader in quickly locating topics and details of interest. -Each book meets the needs and skill levels of both nontechnical and technical readers, providing an elementary level of refutation and progressing to a more advanced level using arguments based on the biblical text. The writers of these volumes are well qualified to present clear and reliable information and help readers to discern truth from falsehood.

Author : Frederick Sontag
Publisher : Nashville, Tenn. : Abingdon Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015020812999

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Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church by Frederick Sontag Pdf

Author : Eileen Barker
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0751201367

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The Making of a Moonie by Eileen Barker Pdf

The Moonie phenomenon inspired fear, anxiety and suspicion in the public mind, and the question always arises, Do people choose to become Moonies or are they brainwashed? This is the prizewinning story of an investigation by an outsider into who becomes a Moonie and how they do so.

Author : Massimo Introvigne
Publisher : Studies in Contemporary Religi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1560851457

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The Unification Church by Massimo Introvigne Pdf

Unificationists believe in "reconciling the internal truth pursued by religion with the external truth pursued by science." They promote anti-Communism, family values, and the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Hebrew prophets. Where they depart from traditional Christianity is in their acceptance of the Divine Principle as a companion to the Bible and in their assertion that founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon is Lord of the Second Advent, that with his wife (together the "True Parents"), Original Sin is conquered through special blessings. Since 1954 Unificationism has evolved toward a more normative approach to worship and lifestyle, if not belief--a point that Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne emphasizes in his balanced overview of the church's history, doctrine, spirituality, missionary activities, and controversies. He notes that in doctrine Unificationism has moved away from mainstream churches toward increased emphasis on contact with the spirit world, numerology, and construction of a modern "Garden of Eden" in Brazil.

Author : Michael L. Mickler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009241434

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The Unification Church Movement by Michael L. Mickler Pdf

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. Known for its mass marriages, or 'International Marriage Blessings,' the UCM has been one of the most controversial new religious movements throughout the world, particularly in Japan and the West. Moon fit Weber's classic definition of the charismatic leader. The post-Moon UCM is a textbook case of a new religious movement transitioning from its founding to succeeding generations. Utilizing both external documents and internal UCM sources, the account highlights the leading personalities, organizations, and circumstances which facilitated the UCM's rise, its present challenges, and future development.

Author : G. Chryssides
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1991-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780230377400

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The Advent of Sun Myung Moon by G. Chryssides Pdf

The Unification Church (popularly known as the 'Moonies') has been viewed as an eccentric and somewhat sinister 'cult', best known for the 'mass wedding' ceremonies conducted by its leader Sun Myung Moon. In The Advent of Sun Myung Moon George Chryssides remains critical of the movement, but brings the reader out of uninformed prejudice by presenting information about its Korean origins, its teachings and the many ceremonies which, until recently, remained undisclosed. The book is based on extensive conversations with members and critics alike, together with extended periods spent at UC seminars.

Author : Barbara Underwood,Betty Underwood
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSC:32106005096059

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Hostage to Heaven by Barbara Underwood,Betty Underwood Pdf

Author : Christian Nseka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1724142453

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The Unification Church by Christian Nseka Pdf

This book is written to provide a general overview of the Unification Church. In it, Christian Nseka highlights some of the major practices and teachings of the Unification Church. He also explores why some people prefer to consider the Unification Church as a cult. This simple, quick and comprehensive read is a valuable tool for those who are curious about the Unification Church. It might very well just answer all of your questions, if not most of them. It is a good addition to anybody's library.

Author : Shirley Stadelhofer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0595385583

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New Truth in the Last Days by Shirley Stadelhofer Pdf

A housewife and mother of four joined the movement of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and spent the next 36 years dedicating her life for a higher purpose, sacrificing all that she had to pursue a hope and vision for a better world in the future. Her experiences were undoubtedly dramatic, adventurous and profoundly rewarding, yet frustrating and unspeakably difficult. While in the Unification Movement she earned a doctorate in Ministry from New York Theological Seminary and became one of the foremost presenters of the teachings of Rev. Moon to Christian ministers. Her presentation of the teachings is uniquely simple, concise, straight-forward and passionate. Very little has been known about the theological and spiritual foundations by which Rev. Moon lives and works. When his theological doctrines have been reported by the media they have usually been mocked and described as "fanatical cultism", often attributed to any new religious sect. Very little of the actual content of his teachings has been understood or explained. Yet from the authors experience, the contents of Rev. Moon's teachings are rich and profound and is a message from God to all humankind.

Author : Kathleen S. Lowney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317590316

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Passport to Heaven (RLE Women and Religion) by Kathleen S. Lowney Pdf

This book focuses on the gender roles within the Unification Church, and on particularly the gender roles as expressed through the vows of marriage. It examines the more widely shared patriarchal assumptions about women in a circumscribed socio-religious environment, with the Church’s gender role system being investigated largely on the level of its theological explanations for gender roles. The Church’s ethos, its lived reality, is also examined, and for this many interviews have been conducted with the ‘blessed’, the married couples. First published in 1992.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:876289358

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The Unification Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kirsti L. Nevalainen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1439261539

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Change of Blood Lineage Through Ritual Sex in the Unification Church by Kirsti L. Nevalainen Pdf

Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, has declared himself as the Messiah and Lord of the Second Advent. He claims he has come as the Messiah at the end of the world as the Bible prophesied. He saves fallen satanic people by removing the original sin from them through The Blessing of Marriage ceremony. The Blessing of Marriage ceremony of the Unification Church is directly derivative from the pigarum or yongch'e ceremony of Korean messianic groups from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. A pigarum ceremony means 'change of blood lineage' and a yongch'e ceremony means 'receiving a new spiritual body'. A male spiritual leader united sexually with his female disciples and a female spiritual leader had ritual sex with her male followers. The Unification Church practiced the pigarum or yongch'e ceremony from the 1940s until 1962 when The Holy Wine Ceremony and The Three Day Ceremony replaced this original sexual ritual. Both of these ceremonies are integral parts of The Blessing of Marriage.

Author : Lisa Kohn
Publisher : Heliotrope Books LLC
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1942762445

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To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence by Lisa Kohn Pdf

The best seats Lisa Kohn ever had at Madison Square Garden were at her mother's mass wedding, and the best cocaine she ever had was from her father's friend, the judge. Born to hippie parents and raised in New York City's East Village in the 1970s, Lisa's early years were a mixture of encounter groups, primal screams, macrobiotic diets, communes, Indian ashrams, Jefferson Airplane concerts in Central Park, and watching naked actors on off-Broadway stages during the musical HAIR. By the time her older brother was ten, Lisa's father had him smoking pot. By the time Lisa was ten, Lisa's mother had them pledging their lives to the Unification Church (the "Moonies") and self-appointed Messiah, Reverend Sun Myung Moon. As a child Lisa knew the ecstatic comfort of inclusion in a cult and as a teenager the torment of rebelling against it. As an adult, Lisa struggled to break free from the hold of abuse and the scars in her heart, mind, and psyche--battling her own addictions and inner demons and searching her soul for a sense of self-worth. Told in spirited candor, to the moon and back reveals how one can leave behind absurdity and horror and create a life of intention and joy. This is the fascinating tale of a story rarely told in its full complexity.

Author : M. Darrol Bryant,Herbert Richardson
Publisher : New York ; Toronto : E. Mellen Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Unification Church
ISBN : UCAL:$B784561

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A Time for Consideration by M. Darrol Bryant,Herbert Richardson Pdf

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.

Author : James Bjornstad
Publisher : Bethany House Pub
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0871233010

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Sun Myung Moon & the Unification Church by James Bjornstad Pdf

A careful look at the history, theology and claims of the Moonies. In the Cult Booklets series.