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Unification Church
Unification Church religious sect founded (1954) in Korea by Sun Myung Moon . Moon moved to the United States in 1971. He and his wife, Hak J. Han, are seen by followers as "True Parents." He claims to have communicated with Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the Buddha in his spiritual search, and ha... Read more
Johann Gustav Droysen
Johann Gustav Droysen , 1808-84, German historian. A member of the Frankfurt Parliament , he was a leading proponent of German unification under the leadership of his native Prussia. His Geschichte der preussischen Politik [political history of Prussia] (14 vol., 1855-86) poses the goal of German... Read more
Felice Orsini
Felice Orsini , 1819-58, Italian patriot who attempted to assassinate the French emperor Napoleon III. He was a follower of Mazzini in the movement for Italian unification. As a young man he became an active revolutionary in the Papal States and in Tuscany. He was jailed (1855-56) by the Austrians f... Read more
Giacomo Antonelli
Giacomo Antonelli , 1806-76, Italian cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church, adviser to Pope Pius IX . He received the red hat of the cardinalate in 1847, presided over the council drafting the constitution for the Papal States, and became the premier of the pope's first constitutional... Read more
Sun Myung Moon
Sun Myung Moon , 1920-, Korean religious leader. He was an engineering student and dock worker before founding (1954) the Unification Church with a doctrine loosely based on Christianity as interpreted by Moon, who has declared (2004) himself the "Messiah." Moon introduced the movement to the ... Read more
Attica
Attica , region of ancient Greece, a triangular area at the eastern end of central Greece, around Athens . According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were founded by Ion; in later legend Theseus combined 12 townships into a single state. This process of unification, which probably occurred ov... Read more
British North America Act
British North America Act law passed by the British Parliament in 1867 that provided for the unification of the Canadian provinces into the dominion of Canada. Until 1982 the act also functioned as the constitution of Canada. The act enumerated the powers of the provincial legislatures and gave the... Read more
Giuseppe di Lampedusa
Giuseppe di Lampedusa , 1896-1957, Italian novelist. A wealthy Sicilian prince, Lampedusa drew on his family's history for his internationally acclaimed work, Il gattopardo, published posthumously in 1958 (tr. The Leopard, 1960). In urbane, elegant style, Lampedusa depicts the demise of an old, ... Read more
Levites
Levites , a religious caste among the ancient Hebrews, descended from Jacob's son Levi and figuring prominently in the Bible. There were three divisions of Levites—Kohathites, Merarites, and Gershonites. Loyal to Moses during the Golden Calf incident, they were rewarded with special religious ... Read more
monism
monism [Gr.,=belief in one], in metaphysics, term introduced in the 18th cent. by Christian von Wolff for any theory that explains all phenomena by one unifying principle or as manifestations of a single substance. Monistic theorists differ considerably in their choice of a basis of unification. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Unification"

Unification Church
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Unification Church A religious movement founded...residence in Irvington, New York. Unification thought is based on a unique understanding...purpose in life. Throughout the 1970s the Unification Church (full name: The Holy Spirit...
Unification of The Armed Services
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Unification of The Armed Services. See National Security Act .
Italian unification
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Italian unification. In 1859 Piedmontese and French forces, and Italian nationalist volunteers, defeated the Austrians in northern Italy and the...
Sheldon Lee Glashow
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...often tied up with acts of unification. When in the 17th century...x2014; it was an act of unification. So was James Clerk Maxwell...were made to achieve further unifications, such as Einstein's failed...had given thought to their unification. A prerequisite, however...
Sun Myung Moon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...born 1920) was the founder of the Unification Church, a movement combining Christian...Korean War in 1950. The beginning of the Unification Church as a distinct organization is...The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. By 1958 a mission...
Field Theories
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...interaction fields probably undergo unification. That is, they become indistinguishable...electroweak interaction. Electroweak unification has been securely demonstrated and described...describing these last two levels of unification, nor were there experiments and observations...
Fertile Crescent Unity Plans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...and motivation, were advanced for the unification of that area of Arab Asia known as the...promoted by Faisal — for the unification of the crescent. Faisal recognized...National Bloc in Damascus favored the unification of Greater Syria on its own as a republic...
Grand Unified Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...GUTs, and sometimes also called grand unification theory and grand unified field theory...synthesis is made difficult because the unification of quantum mechanics (itself a unification of the laws of chemistry with atomic physics...
Risorgimento
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and of political activism, leading to unification of Italy. Roots of the Risorgimento...Cisalpine Republic ) encouraged hopes for unification. Early Years and Factions Secret societies...promoters of industry—favored unification of Italy under a king of the house of...
Moon, Sun Myung (1920-)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, more popularly referred to as the Unification Church. Moon was born in Korea on...then moved to Seoul and founded the Unification Church in 1953. Some of his revelations...

Dictionary entries related to "Unification"

unification
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing unification An operation on well-formed formulas...Robinson's motivation for describing unification was its role in resolution theorem proving...programming language Prolog . Another use of unification is in compile-time type-inference...
Unification Church:
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Unification Church: see MOON, SUN MYUNG .
Unification Church
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Unification Church A religious movement founded by Sun Myung Moon (1920– ) in South Korea in 1954. Members are popularly...
Genital Love
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...development. It is characterized by the unification, under the primacy of the genital...out an entirely justifiable piece of unification in creating the word 'love' with its...genital love is characterized by the unification, under the primacy of the genital...
Moon, Sun Myung
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...Myung (b. 1920). Founder of the Unification Church, whose members are popularly...which he received form the basis of Unification theology. He founded his Church after...the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity in 1954. The...
grand unified theory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy ...electromagnetism in a single mathematical theory. Unification of the weak force with electromagnetism...thought that the temperature for their unification is of the order of 10 27 K, which occurs...candidates for non-baryonic dark matter . Unification of the GUT interaction with gravity...
Kohl, Helmut
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...1989/90, when he took the initiative and realized German unification with the utmost skill. In particular, he focused on securing...periodically challenged from within his own party, after unification he enjoyed enormous prestige. He remained committed to raising...
Nationalism: Overview
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...or bourgeois supremacy should or will be replaced by the unification of the proletarian lower classes around the world, where...to create individual nation-states, either through the unification of numerous smaller states (such as Italy and Germany...
Cavour, Camillo Benso, Conte di
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Italian statesman. He was the driving force behind the unification of Italy under Victor Emmanuel II, king of the kingdom of...founded the newspaper Il Risorgimento to further the cause of unification. As Premier of Piedmont (1852–59; 1860...
Romanticism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...s most philosophical writer and its greatest advocate for unification with the Universal Spirit or the One. He was less interested...reviews, and translations, and as part of the Italian unification movement. But her most celebrated work was "The Great Lawsuit...

Thesaurus entries related to "Unification"

unification
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus unification • noun  the costs of German unification synonyms : union, merger, fusion, fusing, amalgamation, coalition, combination, confederation, federation, synthesis, joining.
unity
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus unity • noun   1. European unity synonyms : union, unification, integration, amalgamation; coalition, federation, confederation. antonym: division.   2. unity between alliance...
marriage
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...ceremony, wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials.   3. the marriage of their skills synonyms : alliance, union, merger, unification, amalgamation, combination, affiliation, association, connection, coupling; inf. hookup.
integration
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English integration • noun  the integration of the parts into a whole synonyms : unification, amalgamation, consolidation, incorporation, coalescing, fusing, assimilation, homogenizing, homogenization, concatenation.
integrity
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...fairness, sincerity, candor; principles, ethics.   2. challenge the integrity of the nation synonyms : unity, unification, wholeness, entirety, completeness, totality, cohesion. antonym: dishonesty; fragmentation.
union
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus union • noun   1. the union of art and nature synonyms : unification, uniting, joining, merging, merger, fusion, fusing, amalgamation, coalition, combination, synthesis, blend, blending...
synthesis
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus synthesis • noun  the synthesis of their diverse styles makes for a wonderful new sound in country music synonyms : combination, union, amalgam, blend, mixture, compound, fusion, composite, alloy; unification, amalgamation, marrying.
merger
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus merger • noun  a pending merger between two Russian oil companies synonyms : amalgamation, combination, union, fusion, coalition, affiliation, unification, incorporation, consolidation, link-up, alliance. antonym: split.
solidarity
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English solidarity • noun  the solidarity of the workers synonyms : unity, unification, union, unanimity, singleness of purpose, like-mindedness, team spirit, camaraderie, harmony, esprit de corps.

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Unification Church gains new respect in Latin America Critics worry about new newspaper, appearance by George Bush
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/29/1996; ; 700+ words ; When missionaries from the Unification Church came to South America in...considered sacrilege. Critics of the Unification Church particularly the Roman Catholic...Angry crowds stoned and sacked Unification churches. But the missionaries...
Germany's Two Unifications: Anticipations, Experiences, Responses
Magazine article from: German Quarterly; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...on the two German unifications. The papers are roughly...first dealing with the unification of 1871, the second...Concept of National Unification," the editors point...neighbors accepted both unifications, even though they...different ways. While the unification of 1871 was imposed...
Perspectives on Korean Unification and Economic Integration.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Korean Studies; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Perspectives on Korean Unification and Economic Integration, edited...Eastern Europe and the consequent unification of Germany in 1990 opened new prospects...German-style "absorption" unification seemed a natural course for the...
Thoughts of The Times; Unification of Germany.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 6/12/2000; 700+ words ; ...the heading ``Lessons from German Unification.'' As interesting the writing and...conclusion from the lessons of German unification than those suggested by Mrs. Picht...take only a limited number of facts of unification into account and conveniently leave...
Ten years of Basic Law amendments: developing a constitutional model of German unification.
Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Germany officially united. Although several unification methods were possible, the unification occurred by East Germany acceding to the...series of treaties. This "treaty route" to unification necessarily required amendments to the Basic...
AASU FOR UNIFICATION SANS MAHANTA
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/16/2008; 700+ words ; ...reiterated its stand that it was for unification of the regional parties of the State...Asam Gana Parishad (AGP) committee on unification of the regional parties met its top...The delegation of the AGP committee on unification of the regional parties met the AASU...
Social coalitions, political strategies, and German unification, 1990-1993.
Magazine article from: West European Politics; 10/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...his vision and leadership during the unification process. By the end of this truly remarkable...coherent fashion the mounting problems of unification. This dramatic ebbing and flowing of...mid-1990 he did not waver from his unification course in the face of considerable West...
UNIFICATION SESSION SHOWS LITTLE SUPPORT [Corrected 06/23/05]
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 6/22/2005; ; 628 words ; ...at Tuesday's hearing, nine opposed unification, three supported it and two didn...from the audience of about 75, said unification will mean less representation for rural...England stop speaking for us," said unification foe Bob Harris, the Center Township...
`Moonshine Policy' Lights Up Shady Sides of Unification Biz.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 4/5/1999; 700+ words ; ...Korean land. Ubo, head of the secret unification business, agrees to do so, but the...politically controversial production of ``Unification Express'' that has been running for...pinches and plays out misgivings formed by unification policies that have shown partiality...
Thomson Reuters Announces Proposed Unification of Dual Listed Company Structure.
PR Newswire; 6/22/2009; 700+ words ; ...all shareholders vote in favor of unification at shareholder meetings scheduled for August 7, 2009. If unification is approved, Thomson Reuters will...and Nasdaq. Following the proposed unification, Thomson Reuters PLC shareholders...