Applied Unificationism

After the end of the Cold War, many hoped the 21st century would be one of lasting peace. It actually started well with the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/05/01/enlarged-freedom-for-a-safer-world-a-unificationist-approach-toward-human-security/

I have had the privilege of chairing an editorial team that has been assembling a chronology of the life and work of Sun Myung Moon (1920-2021) and Hak Ja Han Moon (1943-) in the United States from 1965-2022. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/04/03/from-korea-with-love/

The veneration of Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been around for as long as the early Apostles. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/03/20/the-veneration-of-mary-and-its-implications-for-women-in-the-church/

In most seminaries and academic institutions, since the rise of critical methods of scholarship, scripture has been studied by applying methods of literary and historical criticism. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2019/03/11/the-concept-of-truth-and-the-interpretation-of-scripture/

In a sermon I gave in Kiev in late 1991, I warned that the Israelites, upon escaping slavery in Egypt, still had to endure 40 years of suffering in the desert. So it has been for the Ukraine since the break-up of the Soviet Union. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/02/27/russia-crimea-ukraine-and-beyond/

Recently, a significant reconciliation took place between two opposing factions within Roman Catholicism.  In light of divisions plaguing the Unification faith community at present, it is instructive to look at how this reconciliation took place. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/01/30/traditional-roman-catholicism-vs-franciscan-mysticism-a-case-study-for-unificationists/

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” is a rare sequel — one I found to be even better than its predecessor, “Black Panther,” in terms of the depth of its message and themes even though the Marvel Cinematic Universe film is minus its former lead actor with the 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/01/16/black-panther-wakanda-forever-more-than-a-marvel-adventure-movie/

The 19th century French novelist, Gustave Flaubert, asserted that “the art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2023/01/02/what-music-tells-me-beauty-truth-and-goodness-and-our-cultural-inheritance/

I experienced a flash of insight a few days ago while looking at Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s picture (who Unificationists call True Father). This episode is also available as a blog post: http://appliedunificationism.com/2022/11/07/the-need-for-a-unificationist-blessing-marriage-and-family-theology-and-education-providence/