JUS Volume XXIV (2023) now available online!

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A Transformative Approach to Conflict and Violence Drissa Kone
1
Celebrating 25 Years of the Good Friday Agreement Colm Ó Cionnaith 17
The “Post-Protestant Thesis”: The Decline of Cultural Consensus and Path to Its Recovery James B. Edgerly
31
A Note on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Pacifism Susan Bouachri
47

A World of Structures: Critical Examination and Theorization under Unification Thought

Janic Aguirre Fukuno
53
Divorce in the Unificationist Faith Community Sungmi Holdhus
79
The Unification Doctrine of the Fall and the Writings of Irenaeus of Lyon Vassilios Bebis
105
A Rejoinder to Dr. Bebis Theodore Shimmyo 111

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JUS Volume XXIII (2022) now available online!

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In Larger Freedom for a Safer World: A Unificationist Evaluation of Human Security Laurent Ladouce and Carolyn Handschin-Moser 1
Embedded Peace in an Ethnic-Conflict Narrative: The Quaker Vision Badri Prasad Pokharel 37
Substantive Peace - The Creator and Creations of Heart Carol Pobanz 51
Uncovering the Goodness of God through the Parable of the Vineyard Workers Mika Deshotel 61

The Divine Feminine in the Parable of the Lost Coin

Natasha Phillips 71
Ontological Significance of 'God as Heavenly Parent' Katsumi Kambashi
81
From Korea with Love: Assembling a Chronology of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han Moon's Activities in the United States Michael L. Mickler 103

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JUS Volume XXI (2020) now available online!

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A Diagnostic that America Does Not Need Thomas J. Ward
1
Birthing a Nation: Unification Kingdom-Building in the First Years of the 21st Century Michael L. Mickler
21
Unification Christology Theodore Shimmyo
51
Angelic Order and Human Growth Kathleen Burton
77

Achieving Gender Equality: A Heavenly Parent-Centered Approach to the Feminist Ideal

Grace Kellet
89
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues, and Worldview Jinil Fleischman
111
A Unificationist Perspective on Masturbation John R. Williams 121

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JUS Volume XXII (2021) now available online!

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Gomyeong Inheritance: Canada’s Role in the Emergence of the Mother of Peace  Franco Famularo 1
The Cheon Il Guk Constitution in Comparative Perspective Michael L. Mickler
21
The Victory of the Cross Andrew Wilson 45
Unification Eschatology as Compared with Christian Eschatology Theodore Shimmyo 87

New Religions, Cult Experts, and the Media

Thomas J. Ward 117
Breaking the Twelve-Year European Ban against Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon Manjola Vasmatics 133
The First Great, or Not so Great, Awakening and What It Means for Today Roland Platt 153
Canaan Represented, the Birth of a Happy Nation: A Unificationist Perspective on the Dutch Golden Age Laurent Ladouce and Johann Colléter 163

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JUS Volume XX (2019) now available online!

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A Short History of Unification Theological Seminary: The Barrytown Years Michael L. Mickler
1
The Unification Doctrine of the Fall Theodore Shimmyo
57
Challenges and New Development in the Emerging Women’s Leadership in Unification Church Ministry Grace Selover
113
The Unification Movement Today in Light of the Parallels of History Tyler Hendricks
133

Biblical Proofs that Jesus Should Have Married

Robert S. Kittel
163
Knowledge of God: An Issue for Epistemology in Unification Thought Andrew Wilson
195
The Ideal of Interdependence in Cheon Il Guk and Corporate Governance Robert Shairer 217
How an Abstract God Could Create a Substantial Universe Richard L. Lewis 251
Book Review: Free Marie, by Maree Gauper Alexa Bonner 273

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