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We are very pleased to announce that we will host a Unification Thought Inheritance Workshop and co-host this year’s RIIWT conference at East Garden in Irvington, NY, from July 22-28.
The workshop, running from July 22-26, will feature lectures from Professor Gerry Servito on the major themes of Unification Thought (UT). Its purpose is to equip participants with the ability to teach an introduction to the content and the value of UT upon returning home. Dr. Thomas Ward and Dr. Claude Perrottet, respectively president and secretary-general of the Research Institute for the Integration of World Thought (RIIWT), will also speak at the workshop. Dr. Ward will discuss the application of UT to the ideological challenges presented by communism in the 20th century and Dr. Perrottet will discuss the place and relevance of UT in the wider field of philosophy.
At the end of the inheritance workshop, we will transition to the RIIWT conference from July 26-28, which will convene under the theme, “Good, Evil, and the Role of the Research Institute in the Revival of the Christian World.” Conference speakers will include Dr. Jung Chang Choi, one of Dr. Sang Hun Lee’s earliest students and supporters, as well as Dr. Ward, Dr. Perrottet, Dr. Robert Beebe, Rev. Heather Thalheimer, Prof. Servito, Rev. Mari Curry, and Ms. Mi Young Eaton.
A longer and optional online course to continue the study of UT will begin toward the end of August.
Schedules for both the workshop and the conference are posted below. You may register for the full 7-day program or for just the conference, whatever your schedule allows. (Lodgings will not be provided for those staying only for the conference, however.)
To register, or to express your interest in staying informed of future opportunities to study UT (like the online course), please refer to the links below.
Thank you!
—Your Education Team
Workshop Schedule
Monday, 7/22
4:30 PM UT in the Holy Books
5:00 PM Dr. Lee on the System
7:30 PM Dr. Perrottet: Intro to Philosophy and UT
Tuesday, 7/23
9:00 AM §1 - Original Image 1
10:50 AM §2 - Original Image 2
2:30 PM §3 - Ontology 1
4:30 PM §4 - Ontology 2
7:30 PM Evening Program with Dr. Thomas Ward
Wednesday, 7/24
9:00 AM §1 - Original Human Nature 1
10:50 AM §2 - Original Human Nature 2
2:30 PM §3 - Ethics 1
4:30 PM §4 - Ethics 2
Thursday, 7/25
9:00 AM §1 Ethics 3
10:50 AM §2 Ethics 4, Appendices 1
2:30 PM §3 Art 1
4:30 PM §4 Art 2
Friday, 7/26
9:00 AM §1 Axiology
10:50 AM §2 Education
2:30 PM §3 History
4:30 PM §4 Appendix 2, Epistemology
5:30 PM What's Next
A “semester” of classes
Testing & certification
8:00 PM Evening Program
Conference Schedule
Saturday, 7/27
MC: Rev. Mari Curry, Director of Education, FFWP USA and Member of the Research Institute Board of Directors
Morning Session
9:00 AM Lecture by Dr. Jung Chang Choi, Chairman and President of the Research Institute Board of Directors
10:20 AM “On God’s Existence,” Lecture by Dr. Claude Perrottet, Secretary-General of the Research Institute
11:40 AM “Thoughts on Unification Thought Education and the Need for a New Generation of Certified UT Lecturers,” Presentation by Prof. Gerry Servito, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Research Institute
Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:30 PM “Hate of God, American Secularism, and the Absence of the Agency of Evil in Modern America” Thomas J. Ward, Co-Chair of the Research Institute
2:50 PM Presentation by Dr. Robert Beebe, CARP USA
3:50 PM “Explaining the Blessing” Lecture by Pastor Heather Thalheimer, Author, Pastor and Former National Director of Education and Ministry Development for FFWPU USA
4:40 PM Open Q & A and Discussion with Refreshments with Presenters
Dinner
Evening Session
7:00 PM Meeting and Q & A with Dr. Choi, Co-Chair of the Research Institute and Senior Teaching Fellow Gerry Servito with those interested (especially but not exclusively youth interested in becoming UT Lecturers)
Sunday, 7/28
Morning Session
9:00 AM Presentation by Ms. Mi Young Eaton of the FFWPU and Member of the Board of Directors of the Research Institute for the Integration of World Thought
10:20 AM UT Presentation by Rev. Mari Curry, Director of Education FFWPU USA and Member of the Research Institute Board of Directors
11:20 AM Closing Session with Questions and Comments
Closing Luncheon