By Thomas Selover Unificationists recognize the Holy Wedding of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han on the 16th day of the 3rd lunar month (3.16) in 1960 as the long-prophesied Marriage Supper of the Lamb from the Book of Revelation. “Blessed are those invited to celebrate this great event,” proclaims the angel in Rev…. Continue Reading →
Right Sequencing: Wisdom for Life from the Game of Go
By Incheol Son I love the game of Go or Baduk, as Koreans call it. I don’t play often, but frequently apply the wisdom learned from it. Go is an ancient strategy board game where the player’s objective is to surround a larger total area of the board with one’s stones than your opponent. The… Continue Reading →
Emerging Women’s Ministry
By Grace Selover Jesus taught the early Christians that they should open their eyes, look closely at the fields and realize the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few (Matt. 9:37). Indeed, the current situation of the Unification Church is as pressing as it was in Jesus’ ministry. With the Vision 2020 deadline approaching,… Continue Reading →
The Unification Pater-Materfamilias
By Alexa Blonner The Paterfamilias motif has dominated world religious history. It is most obvious in the Roman Catholic Pontiff, but the senior male as the “family” head, holding chief responsibility for carrying out householder and state religious rites and other duties, is a familiar one in most cultures. The True Parents doctrine of the Unification faith… Continue Reading →
Filial Piety to God and True Parents
By Andrew Wilson True Mother calls the culture of Cheon Il Guk “hyo-jeong culture.” Hyo is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese character 孝 (Chinese pronunciation xiào) meaning filial piety, and jeong (정) is a pure Korean term meaning a deep connection of heart to one another. Dr. Thomas Selover, in a brilliant paper presented at a… Continue Reading →
Challenges to True Mother’s Leadership
Part II of a two-part article. Part I can be read here. By Thomas Selover Many factors can be identified as contributing causes to the direct challenges that True Mother’s leadership has faced. Here I will focus on two elements of East Asian culture, the concept of filial piety and the Korean royal tradition. The… Continue Reading →
The Providential Significance of True Mother’s Leadership
This is Part I of a two-part article. Part II will appear next week. By Thomas Selover On September 3, 2012, the Unification Church and movement entered a new and critical phase in its development. Long foretold by sociologists of religion and new religion watchers, the seonghwa (ascension) of Reverend Sun Myung Moon, the founder… Continue Reading →
Neo-Confucian Principle(s) in the Thought of Sun Myung Moon
by Thomas Selover Reverend Moon was arguably one of the most influential of modern Koreans, and certainly one of the most controversial. In order to better understand his thought, it is natural and helpful to pay attention to Korean cultural influences, including Confucian and Neo-Confucian content, which have helped to shape the patterns of his… Continue Reading →
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