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Unification Church Copyright © 1995 by J. Isamu Yamamoto Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan Publishing House Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yamamoto, J. Isamu. Unification Church / J. Isamu Yamamoto. p. cm. - (Zondervan guide to cults and religious movements) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-310-70381-6 (pbk.) 1. Unification Church-Controversial literature. I. Title. II. Series. BX9750.S44Y36 1995 289.9'6-dc20 94-33439 CIP All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other - except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Edited by Patti Picardi Interior design by Art Jacobs Printed in the United States of America 95 96 97 98 99 00 / ? DP / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Unification Church Copyright © 1995 by J. Isamu Yamamoto Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yamamoto, J. Isamu Unification Church / J. Isamu Yamamoto, author. p. cm. - (Zondervan guide to cults and religious movements) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-10: 0-310-70381-6 (softcover) ISBN-13: 978-0-310-70381-5 (softcover) 1. Unification Church - Controversial literature. I. Title. II. Series. BX9750.S44Y36 1995 289.9'6 - dc20 94-21939 CIP All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Edited by Patti Picardi Interior design by Art Jacobs Printed in the United States of America 05 06 07 08 09 10 / ? / 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 We want to hear from you. Please send your comments about this book to us in care of zreview@zondervan.com. Thank you. How to Use This Book The Zondervan Guide to Cults and Religious Movements comprises sixteen volumes, treating many of the most important groups and belief systems confronting the Christian church today. This series distills the most important facts about each and presents a well-reasoned, cogent Christian response. The authors in this series are highly qualified, well-respected professional Christian apologists with considerable expertise on their topics. We have designed the structure and layout to help you find the information you need as quickly as possible. All the volumes are written in outline form, which allows us to pack substantial content into a short book. With some exceptions, each book contains, first, an introduction to the cult, movement, or belief system. The introduction gives a brief history of the group, its organizational structure, and vital statistics such as membership. Second, the theology section is arranged by doctrinal topic, such as God, Christ, sin, and salvation. The movement's position is set forth objectively, primarily from its own official writings. The group's teachings are then refuted point by point,[read more]