On July 20th 2021, the 37th anniversary of the day Rev. Sun Myung Moon began his 18-month sentence at the Danbury Federal Prison, Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) hosted “Justice Not Served, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Danbury Papers.” Nearly 800 Unificationists, scholars, faith leaders, and legal professionals gathered for this online event, to hear from experts in their respective fields, who studied this case carefully. This event was co-sponsored by the American Clergy Leadership Conference and Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, USA, and took place during the...

With the emergence of digital technology, truth-telling through digital stories in the classroom has become an effective method of learning and teaching Religious Education. It has also become a teacher’s way to spark the waning interest of students on religion as a course or subject. Dr. Charles Chesnavage shared his experience of digital storytelling as narratives of faith among his students at the Mercy College and Unification Theological Seminary in New York City where he teaches World Religions. Chesnavage was a presenter at the panel ‘Catholic Community of Practice’ titled...

Six UTS faculty and faculty-administrators attended a three-day virtual Summer Institute sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame from June 14-16. Attendees were Drs. Thomas Ward, Michael Mickler, Keisuke Noda, Andrew Wilson, Dryssa Kone and UTS Registrar and Assistant Academic Dean Ute Delaney. UTS co-founder, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon’s has expressed interest in UTS moving forward in the field of international peace studies. The Kroc Institute is one of the world’s leading centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict...

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...