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ACTA COMPARANDA SUBSIDIA VI SUBSIDIA COMPARANDA ACTA Acta Comparanda SUBSIDIA VI May 29-30, 2017 The Life and Legacy of Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Movements in Scholarly Perspective Chris Vonck, Welcome Tony van Loon, Opening lecture Régis Dericquebourg, Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, Words of the OERL FVG David G. Bromley, Unificationism as Prototypical New Religion 2018 FIRST PART: SOCIAL SCIENTISTS PERSPECTIVES Eileen Barker, The Unification Church: a Kaleidoscopic Introduction Gerhard Besier, The Unification Church in Germany Alexa Blonner, The New God of Unificationism: Precedents and Parallels George Chryssides, The Welsh Connection: Pastor Joshua McCabe’s role in the Unification Church’s early history Régis Dericquebourg, The prophetic Career of Sun Myung Moon in modernity Alliance between Value rationality and Means-end rationality for the restoration of Paradise on Earth Willy Fautré, Abduction, sequestration and ‘deprogramming’ attempts of Unification Church Members in Japan Massimo Introvigne, The dynamics of the Schisms and the birth of the Family Peace Association Donald A. Westbrook, Post-charismatic outcomes of New Religions: Themes from Unificationism, Mormonism, and Scientology SECOND PART: U.C. THEOLOGICAL ANALYSES Mark Bramwell, The Family Pledge and the Family Peace Association Dan Fefferman, Unification Political Theology: Past, Present and Future Kim Jongsuk, The Split of the Unification Movement & the Process of Destruction of the Scriptures Michael L. Mickler, Gender Politics in the Post-Sun Myung Moon Richard A. Panzer, The Sinless Only Begotten daughter vs the 3 Generations Kingship Kerry Williams, “Only One God: The Debate on God as ‘Heavenly Father’ vs. God as ‘Heavenly Parents’ in the contemporary Unification Movement” Andrew Wilson, Theological Developments in the FFWPU since the Death of Rev. Moon. WHO IS WHO Faculty for Comparative Study of Religions and Humanism B-2610 Wilrijk-Antwerpen – Belgium 100482_Acta-Comparanda_Subsidia_VI_00_CV.indd All Pages 28/02/18 10:56.

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