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== Research and publication ==
Since its inception, the Unification Theological Seminary has served as the principal venue to provide formal, academic religious and theological training for its Church leaders. It has offered courses in [[New Testament]], [[Old Testament]], the [[Pauline epistles|Pauline Epistles]], [[Patristics]], [[Hermeneutics]], Church History, [[Apologetics]] as well as [[Islam]], [[East Asian religions|East Asian Religion]], [[Religious education|Religious Education]], Peace Studies, as well as in the Unification Church’s own canon of Divine Principle, Unification Thought, the Teachings and Writings of [[Sun Myung Moon]] and Hak Ja Han Moon and their applications, and other related sources.

The seminary has played an important role in Unification apologetics, academic research related to the movement’s historical development, and in the articulation of the Unificationist perspective. Young Oon Kim, the Unification Church’s first theologian and the first Korean missionary to the United States, taught at Unification Theological Seminary from its founding in 1975 until just prior to her death in 1989. Kim authored several seminal church academic texts including ''Unification Principle and its Applications'' (1980) ''and Unification Theology'' (1980), ''Unification Thought and Christian Theology'' (date), and ''Systematic Theology.'' David S.C. Kim, an early missionary, who served as President of the Unification Theological Seminary from 1975-1994 edited the authoritative three-volume ''Day of Hope in Review'' texts, comprehensive collections of the press coverage of the early years of Moon's speaking tours in the United States. Andrew Wilson, a Harvard-trained Old Testament Scholar, oversaw the selection of texts and the editing of ''World Scriptures'' (1991) and also served as co-author together with Joong Hyun Pak of ''True Family Values''. Wilson is currently working with Hee Hun Standard in the translation, editing, preparation for publication of 원리 원본 (Wolli Wonbon), the original draft of Unification teachings personally drafted by [[Sun Myung Moon]]. Michael Mickler’s ''History of the Unification Church in America'' (1993) and his ''40 Years in America: An Intimate History of the Unification Movement 1959-1999'' (2000) are authoritative texts on the Unification Movement, documenting both its achievements and challenges. Over the past five decades, numerous volumes on Theology, Church History, Religious Education, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Peace Studies, Evolution, Threats to Ecosystems, and on the Philosophy of Science have been published by UTS faculty and alums, including Jonathan Wells, Thomas Walsh, Karen Smith, Keisuke Noda, Frank Kaufmann, Frederick Swarts, and Kathy Winings, who currently serves as National President of the [[Religious Education Association]]. The seminary also sponsors ''The Journal of Unification Studies,'' an academic journal.