Dr. Richard Rubenstein, renowned Jewish theologian, rabbi, and former president of the University of Bridgeport, passed away on May 16th at the age of 97. The world remembers him as president of the University of Bridgeport and even more for his seminal book After Auschwitz (1966) which influenced an entire generation of Jews as they sought to understand the purposes of God in light of the Holocaust. In After Auschwitz, Rubenstein dared to ask difficult questions about the nature of God, whose promises to His people seemed empty in the face of the utter destruction of a Jewish world. In...

Congratulations to the UTS class of 2021, and congratulations to our Unification Theological Seminary on its 45th commencement ceremony. It is my honor to recognize this year’s graduating class on behalf of Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, the Seminary’s co-founders. The world is still suffering through the global pandemic due to COVID-19 and for the second straight year UTS is forced to conduct a virtual graduation. I offer my appreciation and admiration to the Seminary’s faculty, staff, administration and especially students for persevering under these circumstances. You...

This article was published on june 2nd 2021 has been re-published here with permission from FFWPU-USA. You can find the original article here. – UTS Communications Congratulations to the Unification Theological Seminary Class of 2021! UTS, which was established in 1975 by the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, co-founders of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), held its 45th graduation ceremony online May 29. “Today is definitely a milestone, a critical chapter in your lives,” said UTS President Dr. Thomas Ward. “I congratulate...

On Friday May 7, 2020 Dr. Chung Sik Yong, President of the North American Region of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification and UTS Board of Trustee Member, hosted a luncheon at Belvedere for the leadership of the Unification Theological Seminary. Those who attended included UTS President Thomas Ward, Academic Dean Keisuke Noda, Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Life Steven Boyd, Registrar and Senior Associate Dean Ute Delaney, Professor Andrew Wilson, Director of Special Projects Christina Miyake, and Financial Director Frank Zochol.  Dr. Yong listened to...

Mrs. Ute Delaney, UTS Senior Associate Dean and Registrar, presented at the fifth Virtual Faculty Roundtable of this academic year on Tuesday May 4th. She spoke on the topic, “All I Ever Really Need to Know I Learned….on YouTube: Reimagining Higher Education: Badges, Microcredentials, CBE and CLR.” Delaney is a native of Germany and graduated from High School with a Great Latinum (9 years of Latin studies) and a Graecum (5 years of Ancient Greek). She has a B.S. in Sociology and an MRE from UTS, and has been working at UTS for more than 30 years, first as secretary and since 1995...

UTS is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Mickler, UTS Vice-President and Professor of Church History, has contributed a chapter to a newly published book, Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements: Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions, edited by Eileen Barker and James T. Richardson. Out of a total of thirteen chapters, Dr. Mickler’s “No Stranger to Litigation: Court Cases Involving the Unification Church/Family Federation in the United States,” is one of two pieces that have been contributed by Unificationists. Mr. Peter Zoehrer is the contributor of the other chapter...

Dr. Edwin Ang’s National Seonghwa Ceremony took place on January 25, 2021. Dr. Ang was remembered by the Unification Theological Seminary on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, recognizing the key roles that he played at UTS where he worked with Founding President David S.C. Kim from 1977 until 1994. Dr. Ang rose to serve as Executive Vice President of Unification Theological Seminary during that period. He and his wife Marie Ang number among the earliest followers of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon in the United States. The UTS Tribute to Dr. Ang was led by UTS President Thomas Ward...

On January 4th, 2021, UTS hosted its second online theologian’s conference, which brought its students into dialogue with mainstream scholars. The topic of this conference was “Women’s Leadership in the Age of Mother Moon.” It was co-convened by Dr. Andrew Wilson, Professor of Scriptural Studies at UTS, and Dr. Eileen Barker, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. Dr. Barker, author of The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing?, has a longstanding relationship with UTS, and was the co-convener of the first online theologians conference, “Passing...