Unification Church

Unification Church
Author: J. Isamu Yamamoto
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310534992

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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.

Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church

Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
Author: Frederick Sontag
Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1977
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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The Unification Church

The Unification Church
Author: Massimo Introvigne
Publisher: Studies in Contemporary Religi
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781560851455

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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.

The Making of a Moonie

The Making of a Moonie
Author: Eileen Barker
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 1993
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780751201369

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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.

Change of Blood Lineage Through Ritual Sex in the Unification Church

Change of Blood Lineage Through Ritual Sex in the Unification Church
Author: Kirsti L. Nevalainen
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781439261538

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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.

Hostage to Heaven

Hostage to Heaven
Author: Barbara Underwood
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1979
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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The Unification Church in America

The Unification Church in America
Author: Michael L. Mickler
Publisher: Scholarly Title
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1987
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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Unificationists

Unificationists
Author: Nelson Mira
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2014-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781502712776

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Are you curious about the Unification Church, but don't have enough time to spend hours and hours to study about it?Then, this book is for you! When you hear the news of “Moonies mass wedding,” where thousands of people get married at the same time in the same location and some of them meet for the very first time, what do you think? You might be thinking, “What on earth? What are these people thinking?” I am sure that those brides and bridegrooms were thinking that they made the right choice. I guess the real questions to ask are, “What compels them to do it?” and “What do they believe?” DO YOU WANT TO: Know what they believe and teach? Know about their mass wedding of thousand couples? Know about their founders? Know about their organizations as a movement? UNIFICATION CHURCH IS MORE THAN A CHURCH, IT'S A MOVEMENT The Unification Church, also called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is a new religious movement founded in South Korea in 1954 by the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Since its founding, the church has expanded throughout the world with most members living in East Asia and continues to expand and deepen its missionary outreach to millions of people around the world.. It has sponsored many organizations and projects over the years, including businesses, news media, projects in education and the arts, service projects, interfaith events, and social activism. Unification Church's doctrine is more than a religious belief, it's an IDEOLOGY.Scroll up and grab a copy today.

New Truth in the Last Days

New Truth in the Last Days
Author: Shirley Stadelhofer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780595385584

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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.