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There are a number of organizations founded, run, or supported by ], the founder of the ]. Commentators have mentioned Moon's belief in a literal ] on earth to be brought about by human effort as a motivation for his establishment of groups that are not strictly religious in their purposes.<ref>Tingle, D. and Fordyce, R. 1979, ''Phases and Faces of the Moon: A Critical Examination of the Unification Church and its Principles'', Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press ISBN 0682492647 p86-87</ref><ref>Biermans, J. 1986, ''The Odyssey of New Religious Movements, Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church'' Lewiston, New York and Queenston, Ontario: The Edwin Melton Press ISBN 0889467102 p173 </ref> Others have said that one purpose of these groups is to pursue social respectability for the church.<ref>Helm, S. '']'' May 11, 1977 "In fact Moon’s adherents differ from previous fringe groups in their quite early and expensive pursuit of respectability, as evidenced by the scientific conventions they have sponsored in England and the U.S. and the seminary they have established in Barrytown, New York, whose faculty is composed not of their own group members but rather of respected Christian scholars."</ref> Together with the church and its members and supporters, these organizations constitute the '''Unification Movement'''. |
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For legal and tax purposes in several countries, various projects inspired or directed by Sun Myung Moon or members of his church are required to maintain existence as separate entities. Under ] federal tax law, ] charitable institutions, like churches, may not engage in certain types of political speech without losing their tax exempt status. As such, Moon, the Unification Church, and members of the church have created organisations such as Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP) which operate under the less stringent requirements of a ] "non-profit, educational foundation". |
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==Multi-faceted organizations==<!-- DO NOT REMOVE SUB-SECTION HEADING. ] links here --> |
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===CARP=== |
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The '''Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles''' (CARP) is a collegiate organization founded either by Sun Myung Moon himself<ref>In 1955, Reverend Moon established the Collegiate Association for the Research of the Principle (CARP). CARP is now active on many campuses in the United States and has expanded to over eighty nations. This association of students promotes intercultural, interracial, and international cooperation through the Unification world view. </ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Storey| first = John Woodrow|coauthor= Glenn H. Utter | title = Religion and Politics | publisher = ABC-CLIO | location = Santa Barbara | year = 2002 | isbn = 1576072185 |page=99}}</ref> or by his followers. |
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Church historian Mike Mickler wrote, |
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:"The Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP), founded by church members at ], Japan, in 1964. began in the United States in November, 1973." <ref name=wase> </ref> |
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J. Isamu Yamamoto states in ''Unification Church'' that "t times CARP has been very subtle about its association with the Unification Church, however, the link between the two has always been strong, since the purpose of both is to spread Moon's teachings."<ref>{{cite book | last = Yamamoto | first = J. | coauthor= Alan W Gomes|title = Unification Church | publisher = Zondervan | location = Grand Rapids | year = 1995 | isbn = 0310703816 |page=19}}</ref>The ] has described it as "the campus arm of the Unification Church".<ref> , ], November 26, 1982</ref> |
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Sun Myung Moon's son ] was its president for ten years,<ref> "Hyo Jin served as president of the World Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (World CARP) from June 18, 1984 to May 22, 1994." </ref> |
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followed by his younger brother ].<ref>{{wayback|url=http://www.worldcarp.org/main/boardhtml/boardcontent.html?code=PROFILE|title=President's Profile|date=20051104194744}}, World CARP</ref> |
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===Universal Peace Federation===<!-- DO NOT REMOVE SUB-SECTION HEADING. ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] links here. --> |
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The '''Universal Peace Federation'''<ref name="Universal Peace Federation"></ref><ref> Union of Catholic Asian News, December 3, 2008</ref><ref> ] December 3, 2008</ref> (UPF), formerly the '''Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace''' (IIFWP)<ref name="Universal Peace Federation"/> includes the following organizations and initiatives under its umbrella: |
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*Ambassadors for Peace<ref></ref> |
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*], an international series of festivals under the motto: "One Family Under God." <ref> ] November 21, 2008</ref> |
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*International Highway Project<ref></ref> |
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*Middle East Peace Initiative<ref></ref><ref></ref> |
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*World Summit of Leadership and Governance<ref></ref> |
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== Interfaith organizations == |
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*The Assembly of the World's Religions was founded by Sun Myung Moon. The first assembly was held from November 15 to 21, 1985, in ]. The second was from August 15 to 21, 1990 in ].<ref></ref> |
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*Inter-Religious Federation for World Peace<ref>, ]</ref><ref></ref> |
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*American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC)<ref>''The Encyclopedia Of Christianity'', Erwin Fahlbusch, et al, p598</ref><ref>''False Dawn'', Lee Penn, p122</ref><ref>, '']'', 2006-02-22</ref> |
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==Educational organizations==<!-- ] redirects here --> |
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*Cheongshim Graduate School of Theology<ref></ref> |
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*New World Encyclopedia -- an online ]<ref>, Professors World Peace Academy</ref> which "aims to organize and present human knowledge in ways consistent with our natural purposes."<ref> ''New World Encyclopedia.'' Retrieved, June 25, 2008.</ref> |
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*The Professors World Peace Academy was founded in 1973 by Sun Myung Moon,<ref>"The Peace Academy, based in New York, was founded by Moon in 1973. It is financed primarily by his International Cultural Foundation." </ref> who declared the group's intent to "contribute to the solutions of urgent problems facing our modern civilization and to help resolve the cultural divide between East and West". PWPA now has chapters in over one hundred countries.<ref>, Professors World Peace Academy</ref> In 1992, following the longest faculty strike in United States academic history, the ] agreed to an arrangement with the Professors World Peace Academy whereby the university would be subsidized by PWPA in exchange for control of the university. The initial agreement was for $50 million, and a majority of board members were to be PWPA members.<ref>, ''The New York Times'', William Glaberson, October 3, 1991.</ref> The next University of Bridgeport president was PWPA president and holocaust theologian ] (from 1995-1999),<ref></ref> and subsequently former U.S. Unification Church president ] (2000-present).<ref> in ''The American Chiropractor'', July 30, 2005.</ref><ref>Financial agreements with PWPA have been terminated and the University has been financially independent since 2004. The University is a licensed and accredited Connecticut nonstock, non-profit corporation with an unpaid Board of Trustees.</ref> |
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*Sun Moon University<ref></ref> |
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*The ] in Barrytown, ] was founded in 1975. Its purpose is to train members from around the world as leaders and theologians in the church.<ref>Yamamoto, J. I., 1995, ''Unification Church'', Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House ISBN 0310703816 "1. The Unification Theological Seminary |
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a. The Unification Church has a seminary in Barrytown, New York |
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called The Unification Theological Seminary. |
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b. It is used as a theological training center, where members are prepared to be leaders and theologians in the church. |
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c. Since many people regard Moon as a cult leader, there is a false impression that this seminary is academically weak. |
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d. Moon’s seminary, however, has not only attracted a respectable faculty (many of whom are not members of his church), but it also has graduated many students (who are members of his church) who |
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have been accepted into doctoral programs at institutions such as |
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Harvard and Yale. </ref> |
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==Organizations in the arts== |
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*] Korean folk dance troop. |
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*], Theater and recording studio in ].<ref> '']'', November 23 1997</ref> |
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* ], classical ballet company in ].<ref> New York Times, 1990-09-08</ref> |
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==Sports organizations== |
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*]<ref>] May 6, 2003</ref> International football (soccer) tournament. |
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==Political organizations== |
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* American Freedom Coalition (AFC)<ref name="christianitytoday.com"></ref>, a group which seeks to unite American conservatives on the state level to work toward common goals. The coalition, while independent, receives support from the ].<ref name="christianitytoday.com"/> |
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*Freedom Leadership Foundation, an anti-communist organization in the United States active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.<ref> ] September 17, 1984. "In May, a church political group called the Freedom Leadership Foundation paid for four Republican Senate staff members -- including aides to Sens. Steve Symms (R-Idaho), Robert W. Kasten Jr. (R-Wis.) and William L. Armstrong (R-Colo.) -- to fly to Central America where they met with government leaders and U.S. Embassy officials in Honduras and Guatemala and joined the official U.S. observer delegation to the Salvadoran election." </ref><ref>, Allen Tate Wood "From March to December of 1970 I was head of the Unification Church's political arm in the United States (The Freedom Leadership Foundation). On Moon's behalf we sought to defuse the Peace Movement and buttress the hawk position by convincing senators and congressmen that there was substantial grass roots support for a hard line stand in Asia. In 1969 we were just scratching the surface. Today Moon's organization is in a position of vastly increased power and prestige. Through the Freedom Leadership Foundation and it's descendant CAUSA, Moon has won the gratitude and respect of many congressmen and senators, not to mention former presidents Nixon, Reagan and Bush."</ref> |
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*TheConservatives.com political website in partnership with the ].<ref>, '']'', October 31, 2009</ref> |
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*The ] is an international group active in Moon's effort to unite North and South Korea.<ref> |
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by Bill Berkowitz, Scoop (New Zealand), 2008-03-29.</ref> |
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* Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy<ref></ref><ref> ] September 17, 1984. "The church also is spending $1.5 million a year on a new local ], the Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy, that is underwriting conservative-oriented research and seminars at ], the ], the Institute for Energy Analysis in ], Tenn., and other institutions."</ref> |
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*CAUSA International is an ] educational organization created in New York City in 1980 by members of the ] at the suggestion of Rev. ].<ref>"Moon's 'Cause' Takes Aim At Communism in Americas." '']''. August 28, 1983</ref> In the 1980s it was active in 21 countries. In the United States it sponsored educational conferences for ] and ] Christian leaders <ref name=ct> '']'' June 15, 1985</ref> as well as seminars and conferences for ] staffers, ] and conservative activists.<ref>, '']'', 1984-09-17. "Another church political arm, Causa International, which preaches a philosophy it calls "God-ism," has been spending millions of dollars on expense-paid seminars and conferences for Senate staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists. It also has contributed $500,000 to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign headed by John T. (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC)."</ref> In 1986 it produced the anti-Communist documentary film '']''.<ref>, ] "While conservatives dismiss Bill Moyers' world-class documentaries on our constitutional checks and balances as "propaganda," they never mention PBS's airing of unabashed right-wing agitprop films such as Nicaragua Was Our Home (the pro-contra film produced by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's CAUSA, which funded the contras after Congress' ban)..."</ref> |
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==Businesses== |
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The Unification Church and church members own a number of businesses in various countries. In ] Unification Church missionaries are using the church's business ties to win new converts.<ref> ] October 1, 1999</ref> |
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David Bromley, a sociologist at ], said: "The corporate section is understood to be the engine that funds the mission of the church. The wealth base is fairly substantial. But if you were to compare it to the ] or the ] or other churches that have massive landholdings, this doesn't look on a global scale like a massive operation."<ref>,</ref> |
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*] cable television network formerly owned by the Unification Church.<ref> ], June 1, 2007</ref> |
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*Master Marine, shipbuilding and fishing company in ].<ref></ref> |
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*] is an international media company owned by the church. It owns the '']'' newspaper in ],<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Moon Propaganda Machine | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A60061-2002May22 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-18 | language = }}</ref><ref> The Unification Church Studies in Contemporary Religion, Massimo Introvigne, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, ISBN 1-56085-145-7 p25</ref><ref name="'70s 146">{{cite book |title= How We Got Here: The '70s|last= Frum|first= David|authorlink= David Frum|coauthors= |year= 2000|publisher= Basic Books|location= New York, New York|isbn= 0465041957|page= 146|pages= |url= }}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref> Chicago Daily Observer August 18, 2008</ref> ] (UPI), ], ], the ], Tiempos del Mundo, Segye Ilbo, Segye Times USA, Chongyohak Shinmun, Sekai Nippo, ], and the World Peace Herald.<ref></ref> |
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*], an auto manufacturing company in North Korea.<ref> '']'' September 27, 2008. "Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, which also runs a car assembly plant in North Korea. The church last year completed work on what it calls the World Peace Center, behind the Potonggang Hotel, also owned by church affiliates."</ref> |
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*As of 1999 the Tongil Group, at that time owned by the Unification Church, was South Korea's 35th largest commercial conglomerate. ("Tongil" is Korean for "unity" or "unification".) It owned over 1 billion USD in real estate in South Korea and was in the process of expanding into North Korea.<ref>, by Don Kirk, '']'', June 2, 1999.</ref> |
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*], which runs a major portion of the ] trade in the United States.<ref> ], April 11, 2006</ref> |
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*USP Rocketts LLC, a real estate development firm in the United States. <ref> ] January 11, 2008</ref> |
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In the United States the church owns fishing interests, which are for-profit businesses and pay taxes. The biggest are in ], ] and ]. In ] the church "runs a fleet of fishing boats ... the largest private employer" in Kodiak.<ref></ref> |
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==Other organizations==<!-- ], ], ] links here --> |
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*The Creative Community Project in ] and ].<ref>, Mose Durst</ref> |
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*International Relief Friendship Foundation (IRFF) <ref></ref><ref> ] September 17, 1984."The church-financed International Relief Friendship Foundation recently shipped 1,000 pounds of clothing, nearly seven tons of food and medical supplies to Miskito Indian refugees in the jungles of Honduras, according to Joy Morrow, the foundation's Washington coordinator."</ref> |
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*National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism<ref name="guy">{{cite news | last =Guy | first =Pat | title =MEDIA: Moon ads blast news magazine | work =] | page =p. 2B, section: Money | publisher =Gannett Company Inc. | date =April 24, 1989 }}</ref> |
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*Women's Federation for World Peace <ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/unification/main.htm | title=A Church in Flux Is Flush With Cash|publisher=] |date=November 23, 1997 | first= Marc | last= Fisher | accessdate = 2007-11-14}} "Also in 1995, the Women's Federation made another donation that illustrates how Moon supports fellow conservatives. It gave a $3.5 million grant to the Christian Heritage Foundation, which later bought a large portion of Liberty University's debt, rescuing the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Lynchburg, Va., religious school from the brink of bankruptcy."</ref><ref name="Christianity Today">{{cite news | url=http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1998/february9/8t2082.html | title=Finance: Moon-Related Funds Filter to Evangelicals|publisher=] |date=February 9, 1998 | first= John | last=Kennedy | accessdate = 2007-10-30}} "$3.5 MILLION GIFT: In November, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP), which is headed by Moon's wife, contributed $3.5 million to Christian Heritage Foundation (CHF) of Virginia for educational purposes in 1995."</ref> |
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*World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)<ref>, Statement of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification On the Recent Publication of "The Fish Rescued from the Mud" by Archbishop Emanuel Milingo and Michele Zanzucchi</ref><ref>, Harold Paine and Birgit Gratzer, Global Policy Forum</ref><ref></ref><ref> Inner City Press, June 5, 2007</ref> |
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==References== |
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* (original subtitle ), Marc Fisher; Jeff Leen, ], November 23, 1997 |
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