1992年に教会を離れた学者が、家族連合を解散させた決定が教会の神学を誤って解釈したことを非難する。
Masaki Nakamasa
When Courts Interpret Doctrine: A Japanese Scholar’s Concerns About the Unification Church Decision
An academic who left the church in 1992 denounces the misinterpretation of its theology in the verdict that dissolved the Family Federation.
日本統一教会:学者・櫻井義秀氏の批判に対する記念碑的な反論
元統一教会信者である日本の学者が、統一教会信者の魚谷俊輔氏の大著を書評し、櫻井氏の見解を批判する。
Unification Church in Japan: A Monumental Rebuttal to Scholar Yoshihide Sakurai’s Criticism
A Japanese academic who is himself a former member of the Unification Church reviews UC member Shunsuke Uotani’s magnum opus criticizing Sakurai’s views.
Masaki Nakamasa
Masaki Nakamasa (born February 22, 1963) is a Japanese philosopher and intellectual historian. He is a professor at the Faculty of Law, Institute of Human and Social Sciences of Kanazawa University. His specialties are History of Thought, Fundamental Law, and General Literature. Born in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, he entered the University of Tokyo’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1981. He joined the Unification Church around that time and was active in the CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles) Movement at the University of Tokyo. He left the Unification Church in 1992 and studied abroad in Germany. He became an associate professor at Kanazawa University’s Faculty of Law in 1998 and a professor at the same university in 2008.

