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===Purpose=== | ===Purpose=== | ||
| − | The '''New World Encyclopedia''' | + | The '''New World Encyclopedia''' organizes human knowledge in a way that provides the reader will learn information, not just for its own sake, but for its value to the world as a whole. The underlying goal of the encyclopedia is to promote knowledge that leads to happiness, well-being, and world peace. |
| − | This is a prototype of the future website that will contain thousands of carefully selected articles. This site contains a sample of articles | + | This is a prototype of the future website that will contain thousands of carefully selected articles. This site contains a sample of completed articles, information on the vision, background, and structure of the project, and importantly how writers can apply to become involved. |
| − | + | The New World Encyclopedia is intended for use by teachers and students who are drawn to the ease of use of Wikipedia, but are concerned about the quality, consistency and core values. The New World Encyclopedia combines the great benefits of open source internet media with the benefits of traditional an careful editorial supervision by scholars. Here we have the benefit of hyperlinks and greater detail found on-line encyclopedias, but also have the benefit of reviewed facts, grammar, and values. | |
| − | This encyclopedia transcends the metaphysical assumptions of both the Enlightenment and Modern Encyclopedias. The originator of this project is Sun Myung Moon. | + | This encyclopedia transcends the metaphysical assumptions of both the Enlightenment and Modern Encyclopedias. The originator of this project is Sun Myung Moon. Thus, the unvarnished scholarly content carries and project values tied to human purpose and the design of creation found in the world's great religions, spiritual traditions, and science, and in the lives and work of people of conscience. |
===A Free Online Encyclopedia=== | ===A Free Online Encyclopedia=== | ||
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===Unification Aspects=== | ===Unification Aspects=== | ||
| − | Each article has an accompanying Unification Aspects page designed to relate the subject of this article to Unification Thought. These aspects are not | + | Each article has an accompanying Unification Aspects page designed to relate the subject of this article to [[Unification Thought]]. These aspects are not explicit in the article itself, which retains scholarly rigor and simplicity and is written for a general audience. A link to Unification Aspects is provided to serve teachers in value-based schools and those who wish to further pursue these topics from a unification perspective. |
===Project Leadership=== | ===Project Leadership=== | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 4 October 2006
Purpose
The New World Encyclopedia organizes human knowledge in a way that provides the reader will learn information, not just for its own sake, but for its value to the world as a whole. The underlying goal of the encyclopedia is to promote knowledge that leads to happiness, well-being, and world peace.
This is a prototype of the future website that will contain thousands of carefully selected articles. This site contains a sample of completed articles, information on the vision, background, and structure of the project, and importantly how writers can apply to become involved.
The New World Encyclopedia is intended for use by teachers and students who are drawn to the ease of use of Wikipedia, but are concerned about the quality, consistency and core values. The New World Encyclopedia combines the great benefits of open source internet media with the benefits of traditional an careful editorial supervision by scholars. Here we have the benefit of hyperlinks and greater detail found on-line encyclopedias, but also have the benefit of reviewed facts, grammar, and values.
This encyclopedia transcends the metaphysical assumptions of both the Enlightenment and Modern Encyclopedias. The originator of this project is Sun Myung Moon. Thus, the unvarnished scholarly content carries and project values tied to human purpose and the design of creation found in the world's great religions, spiritual traditions, and science, and in the lives and work of people of conscience.
A Free Online Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia designed for the general reader and is available online and is free to all people with internet access. It is greatly indebted to Wikipedia pioneers, the GNU-FDL Free Document License, and to a number of editors and writers who have used Wikipedia articles as the basis for their articles and worked to improve them based on their training in the subject area according to the writer guidelines for this project.
In keeping with the terms of the Free Document License, the article version of each document imported from Wikipedia is documented at the bottom of the page and is hyperlinked to the Wikipedia article so that a complete history of its construction has been kept.
Unification Aspects
Each article has an accompanying Unification Aspects page designed to relate the subject of this article to Unification Thought. These aspects are not explicit in the article itself, which retains scholarly rigor and simplicity and is written for a general audience. A link to Unification Aspects is provided to serve teachers in value-based schools and those who wish to further pursue these topics from a unification perspective.
Project Leadership
- Project Chairman: Chung Hwan Kwak, UPF
- Editor in Chief: Frank Kaufmann, IRFWP
- Business Manager: Gordon Anderson, Paragon House Publishers
- Managing Editor: Robert Brooks, New World Encyclopedia
- Senior Advisor: Andrew Wilson, UTS
Project Funding
This project is funded by a generous grant from UPF/IIFWP, and managed under contract, by Paragon House Publishers.
