C.) The movement for Unification of the World

        Currently, the most important is the Unification Movement International that has a foundation of about 10 million people worldwide.

       It is a world religious movement, continuing the ideas of old Eastern studies, especially of Baha'ism from the second half of the 19th century and all basic ideas of world religions that in the first place, it attempts to unite.

       The movement was founded in 1954 by San Myung Mun ("Moon" in English) and his wife Hak Ja Han.

       In its native city of Seoul in South Korea, the movement is called the Mun Church, the international name is the Unification Church, Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC).

        Even from the name it is clear that it is an attempt to create a new secular Christian church and a new world religion. The movement has been growing very successfully not only in East and Southeast Asia, but also in the USA, Europe, Africa, and South America.

        It created approximately 100 branch organizations and sections, such as the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) with headquarters in Irvington, USA (the World Academy of Professors for the World Peace).

       This developing international organization strives not only to unite  churches and  religious thinking with Christian religions, but also all religions of the world and realizes the process of unification not only on the basis of religion and philosophy, but also on economy and culture.

       It built an international trust for the collection and processing of salt-water fish, is building the transcontinental highway network from Asia to Europe, provides social and cultural connection between different nations, states, and groups, and supports learning and education in all less developed areas of the world.

        At the same time, it is developing its organizational centers in individual countries: in Czechoslovakia, it has been acting as an informal religious movement of the New Age since 1990, also has been supporting the ecumenical effort and movement since 1990.
 

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