List of Unification movement people
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This page is a list of prominent members and supporters of the Unification movement, founded by Sun Myung Moon.
Moon family[edit]
The family of Rev. Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han are known as the "True Family". Rev. and Mrs. Moon are known as "True Father" and "True Mother" within the movement, and collectively as the "True Parents." Their children are known as the "True Children."
- Rev. Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) – founder and leader of the Unification movement.[1]
- Mrs. Hak Ja Han – founder's wife and current leader of the Unification movement. They were married in 1960.[1]
- Sung Jin Moon (1946–), Moon's son with his first wife, Sun Kil Choi.
- Heung Jin Moon (1966–1984) second son, died in auto accident, believed by members to be leading workshops in the spiritual world in which spirits of deceased persons are taught Unification movement teachings.[2]
- In Jin Moon second daughter, former president of the Unification Church of the United States.[3][4][5]
- Julia Moon – widow (posthumous wedding) of Heung Jin Moon. Born Hoon Sook Pak, oldest daughter of long time major leader and key aide Bo Hi Pak. General Director and former prima ballerina of Universal Ballet, South Korea.[6]
- Moon Kook-jin – fourth son; also known as Justin Moon. Businessman and firearms designer. Owns and operates Kahr Arms, a U.S. small arms manufacturer,[7] former chairman of Tongil Group, a South Korean chaebol associated with the Unification movement.[8][9]
- Hyung Jin Moon – pastor and co-founder of local schismatic offshoot from movement, World Peace and Unification Sanctuary,[10] former president of international Unification movement,[11] studied theology at Harvard University[12]
Unification movement members[edit]
- Ek Nath Dhakal, Nepalese politician.[13]
- Mose Durst – President of the Unification Church of the United States in the 1980s, author, educator.[14]
- Hyo Won Eu (1914 – July 24, 1970) helped Moon write Divine Principle, served as president of the movement.
- Dan Fefferman – Executive Director of the International Coalition for Religious Freedom.[15]
- Patrick Hickey – Nevada state legislator and author of Tahoe Boy: A Journey Back Home, his autobiography which told of his experiences as a movement leader and of his marriage to a Korean woman introduced to him by Moon.[16]
- Nansook Hong – Ex-wife of Hyo Jin Moon and ex-member of the organization. Author of book about her experiences, In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family.[17][18]
- Frank Kaufmann – Comparative religion scholar; editor of journal Dialogue and Alliance; IRFWP director[19]
- Young Oon Kim (1914–1989) was a leading theologian of the Unification movement and its first missionary to the United States.[20]
- Chung Hwan Kwak – Former chairman and president of United Press International and of News World Communications, Inc.; former leader of many other Unification-affiliated organizations.[21]
- Tom McDevitt – President of The Washington Times,[22] from 2007 to 2009.[23] Unification movement spokesperson,[24] and pastor in the Washington, D.C. region.,[25]
- Jacob Manoj – Pastor of Clifton Family Church, A Unification movement congregation located in Clifton, New Jersey
- Bo Hi Pak (1930−2019) — Founding chairman and president of The Washington Times; main translator (during the 70s and 80s) for Rev. Moon's speeches given to English speaking audiences. Author of Messiah, a biography of Sun Myung Moon.[26][27]
- Junko Sakurada (桜田 淳子) – Singer and actress.[28][29]
- Neil Albert Salonen – Former president of the Unification Church of the United States and of the University of Bridgeport.[30]
- Lee Shapiro (1949–1987) – Documentary filmmaker, died while filming in Afghanistan in 1987, during the Soviet–Afghan War.[31]
- Josette Sheeran – Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum, formerly Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme and journalist and editor of The Washington Times.[32]
- Kevin Thompson – Pastor of the Bay Area Family Church, a Unification movement congregation located in San Leandro, California.[33]
- Jonathan Wells – Author of Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? and senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.[34]
- Andrew Wilson – Professor at Unification Theological Seminary; editor of World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts.[18]
Supporters[edit]
These are some people well known for their support of the Unification movement.
- Ralph Abernathy, minister, civil rights leader, served as vice president of the Unification movement-affiliated group American Freedom Coalition,[35][36] and served on two Unification movement boards of directors.[37]
- Neil Bush, businessman, son of United States president George H. W. Bush and brother of president George W. Bush, promoted Moon at events in Asia and the United States.[38][39]
- Danny K. Davis, United States congressman co-sponsored a 2004 ceremony in which Moon was crowned the "King of Peace."[40]
- Louis Farrakhan, the leader of The Nation of Islam, an African American Islamic organization, served as a "co-officiator" at a Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church.[41] In 2000 the Unification movement co-sponsored the Million Family March, a rally in Washington D.C. to celebrate family unity and racial and religious harmony, along with the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan was the main speaker at the event.[42]
- Morton Kaplan, author and University of Chicago professor of political science. Editor of Unification movement owned The World & I magazine and organizer of movement sponsored conferences.[43]
- Douglas MacArthur II, American diplomat. Chairman of the World Media Association and member of the editorial advisory board of the Washington Times.[44]
- Emmanuel Milingo, now excommunicated Roman Catholic archbishop, married by Moon in 2001 to Unification movement member and supporter of Unification movement projects.[45][46]
- Richard L. Rubenstein, author and educator. Appointed by Moon as president of the University of Bridgeport.[47]
- Ryoichi Sasakawa, Japanese businessman and philanthropist. Supported Moon's anti-communist work in Asia.[48][49]
- Ninian Smart (1927–2001), Scottish author and professor at University of Lancaster and University of California at Santa Barbara. President of the American Academy of Religion. Supported the Inter Religious Federation for World Peace, the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences and other Unification movement affiliated projects.[50]
- George Augustus Stallings, Jr., former Roman Catholic priest. Organized Washington D.C. coronation of Moon. Married by Moon.[40]
- Peter Tapsell, former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. In 2006, he sponsored the Unification movement organization Universal Peace Federation in New Zealand and spoke at a rally with Mrs. Moon.[51]
References[edit]
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- ^ "From the Unification Church to the Unification Movement, 1994–1999: Five Years of Dramatic Changes" by Massimo Introvigne, a condensed version of material in The Unification Church, in the series "Studies in Contemporary Religion", Signature Books.
- ^ Unification Church Woos A Second Generation, National Public Radio, June 23, 2010
- ^ Shapira, Ian; Michelle Boorstein (November 23, 2009). "Church disunity, recession worry Moon followers and operations". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Belz, Emily (November 19, 2009). "Not so unified". World Magazine. www.worldmag.com. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Dunning, Jennifer (April 14, 1998). "A Korean Dance Troupe With a Russian Look". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Telegram & Gazette staff (April 11, 2000). "Neighbors target gunmaker". Telegram & Gazette. Worcester, Massachusetts.
- ^ Kim, Hyung-eun (April 12, 2010). "Business engine of a global faith". Joong Ang Daily.
- ^ Kirk, Donald (May 2, 2010). "Sons rise in a Moon's shadow". Forbes.
- ^ "Anti-LGBT cult leader calls on followers to purchase assault ifles". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Sons Rise in a Moon Shadow, Forbes, April 12, 2010
- ^ Landau, Christopher (October 8, 2009). "'Moonies' mull future without founder". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Nepal: The Peace Tour Visit
- ^ Tucker, Ruth A. (2004). Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement. Zondervan. p. 258. ISBN 0-310-25937-1.
- ^ Yamamoto, J. Isamu; Dr Alan W Gomes (1995). Unification Church. Zondervan. p. 22. ISBN 0-310-70381-6.
- ^ Vogel, Ed (January 17, 2010). "Hickey back in Assembly after 14-year hiatus". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ Hong, Nansook. (1998). In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. (ISBN 0-316-34816-3)
- ^ a b Lewis, James R.; Jesper Aagaard Petersen (2004). Controversial New Religions. Oxford University Press, US. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0-19-515683-8.
- ^ Briggs, Ed (November 3, 1992). "Specialist urges religious leaders to work together". Richmond Times. Richmond, Virginia. p. B-5.
- ^ J. Isamu Yamamoto, 1974, Unification Church: Zondervan guide to cults & religious movements, Zondervan, ISBN 0-310-70381-6 pages 8 and 22
- ^ Isikoff, Michael (March 30, 1998). "Theological Uproar in Unification Church;Rev. Moon Recognizes Zimbabwean as His Reincarnated Son". The Washington Post. p. A1.
- ^ The Washington Times, Hunting For a Bionic Editor in Chief
- ^ Three top executives ousted by Washington Times, Frank Ahrens and Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, November 10, 2009
- ^ Fisher, Marc; Jeff Leen (November 23, 1997). "A Church in Flux Is Flush With Cash". The Washington Post. p. A1. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Toalston, Art (April 19, 1985). "The Unification Church Aims a Major Public Relations Effort at Christian Leaders". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ Messiah
- ^ Enroth, Ronald M. (2005). A Guide To New Religious Movements. InterVarsity Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-8308-2381-6.
- ^ West, Mark D. (2007). Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States. University Of Chicago Press. pp. 169, 188. ISBN 0-226-89408-8.
- ^ Stokes, Alan (February 8, 1999). "One missing from Moonstruck mass". The Australian. New South Wales, Australia: News Limited.
- ^ Cummings, Judith (July 2, 1977). "51 Are in First Class to Graduate From Seminary of the Moon Sect". The New York Times. p. 14.
- ^ Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne (2005). Blood on the Border. South End Press. pp. 201–202. ISBN 0-89608-741-7.
- ^ Lynch, Colum (November 8, 2006). "State Department Official Picked to Run U.N. Food Program". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Montagne, Renee (February 13, 2007). "Prosecutors Net Leopard-Shark Smugglers". Morning Edition. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ Shermer, Michael (2006). Why Darwin Matters. Times Books. p. 110. ISBN 0-8050-8121-6.
- ^ Leigh, Andrew (October 15, 1989). "Inside Moon's Washington – The private side of public relations improving the image, looking for clout". The Washington Post. p. B1.
- ^ Nix, Shann (August 10, 1989). "Church seeks new image". San Francisco Chronicle. p. B3.
- ^ "Unification Church funnels millions to U.S. conservatives". The Dallas Morning News. The Dallas Morning News Company. December 20, 1987. p. 4A.
- ^ :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
- ^ WTimes, Bushes Hail Rev. Moon, Robert Parry, 10-2-2009
- ^ a b Babington, Charles; Alan Cooperman (June 23, 2004). "The Rev. Moon Honored at Hill Reception – Lawmakers Say They Were Misled". Washington Post: A01.
- ^ From the Unification Church to the Unification Movement, 1994–1999: Five Years of Dramatic Changes Massimo Introvigne, Center for Studies on New Religions "The ceremony in Washington, D.C., included six "co-officiators" from other faiths, including controversial minister Louis Farrakhan from the Nation of Islam. The Blessing ceremony in Seoul on February 7, 1999 also featured seven co-officiators including Orthodox Rabbi Virgil Kranz (Chairman of the American Jewish Assembly), controversial Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo and the General Superintendent of the Church of God in Christ (a large African American Pentecostal denomination), Rev. T.L. Barrett."
- ^ Families Arrive in Washington For March Called by Farrakhan, New York Times, October 16, 2000
- ^ Church Spends Millions On Its Image Washington Post. 1984-09-17
- ^ Church Spends Millions On Its Image, Washington Post, 1984-09-17.
- ^ Archbishop rejects Vatican ultimatum
- ^ The archbishop's wife speaks for herself National Catholic Reporter August 31, 2001
- ^ U. of Bridgeport Honors Rev. Moon, Fiscal Savior, New York Times, September 8, 1995
- ^ The Resurrection Of Reverend Moon Archived 2002-06-16 at the Wayback Machine PBS, Frontline, January 21, 1992
- ^ Sun Myung Moon Changes Robes, New York Times, January 21, 1992
- ^ Prophets and protons: new religious movements and science in late twentieth-century America, Benjamin E. Zeller, NYU Press, page 22
- ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (14 August 2006). "Moonies show way to peace, says Tapsell". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
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