Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity

By Eric Robinson

 

BOOKS

Popular Primary Books:

 

al-Muqaddimah lil-Mabda'. Introduction to the Principle: An Islamic Perspective. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Publications, 1980.

 

Bryant, Darrol, ed. Virgin Islands' Seminar on Unification Theology (1979). Proceedings of the Virgin Islands' Seminar on Unification Theology. Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminary; New York: Distributed by the Rose of Sharon Press, 1980.

 

Bryant, M. Darrold and Susan Hodges. Exploring Unification Theology.  Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminary; New York: Distributed by Rose of Sharon Press, 1978.

 

God’s Warning to the World, Book II: God’s Voice to Today’s America: compiled from speeches given by Reverend Sun Myung Moon. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Publications, 1985.

 

God’s Warning to the World: Reverend Moon’s Message from Prison. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Publications, 1985.

 

Home Church: The Words of Reverend Sun Myung Moon. New York: The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, 1983.

 

James, Gene G., ed. The Family and the Unification Church. Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminary; New York: Distributed by Rose of Sharon Press, 1983.

 

Jones, W. Farley and Sun Myung Moon. A Prophet Speaks Today: The Words of Sun Myung Moon. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Publications, 1975.

 

Jones, W. Farley, ed. The Unification Church; As Others See Us.  Washington D.C.: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, 1974.

 

Moon, Sun Myung.  Divine Principle. New York: The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, 1973.

 

Pak, Bo Hi. Truth is my Sword: Testimony of Col. Bo Hi Pak at the Korea Hearings, U. S. Congress. New York: Unification Church of America, 1978.

 

Reverend Sun Myung Moon and Members of the Unification Church. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, 1979.

 

Quebedeaux, Richard and Rodney Sawatsky. Evangelical-Unification Dialogue. Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminar; New York: Distributed by the Rose of Sharon Press, 1979.

 

Quebedeaux, Richard. Lifestyle, Conversations with Members of the Unification Church. Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminary. New York: Distributed by Rose of Sharon Press, 1982.

 

Richardson, Herbert. Ten Theologians Respond to the Unification Church. Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminary; New York: Distributed by Rose of Sharon Press, 1981.           

 

Thompson, Henry O. Unity in Diversity: Essays in Religion by Members of the Faculty of the Unification Theological Seminary. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1984.    

 

Tsirpanlis, Constantine N. Orthodox Unification Dialogue. Barrytown, NY: Unification Theological Seminary; New York: Distributed by Rose of Sharon Press, 1981.     

           

Wood, Allen Tate. Moonstruck: A Memoir of My Life in a Cult. New York: Morrow, 1979.

 

Scholarly Secondary Books:

 

Ahlberg, Sture. Messianic Movements: A Comparative Analysis of the Sabbatians, the People's Temple, and the Unification Church. Almqvist and Wiksell International, 1986.

 

Barker, Eileen. The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing? Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1984.

 

Biermans, John T. The Odyssey of New Religious Movements: Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church. Lewiston, NY: East Mellen Press, 1986.

 

Bromley, David G.  Cult, Church, and Crusade. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1979.

 

Bryant, M. Darrol and Herbert W. Richardson. A Time for Consideration: A Scholarly Appraisal of the Unification Church. New York: East Mellen Press, 1978.

 

Case, Thomas W. Moonie, Buddhist, Catholic: A Spiritual Odyssey. Cincinnati: White Horse Press, 1995.

 

Chryssides, George D. Unificationism: A Study in Religious Syncretism. London: British Association for the Study of Religions, 1993.

 

Durst, Morse. To Bigotry, No Sanction: Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. Chicago: Regnery Gateway; Port Washington, NY: Distributed to the book trade by Independent Publishers Group, 1984.

 

Fichter, Joseph H.  Autobiographies of Conversion. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.

 

Flinn, Frank K. Christology: The Center and the Periphery.  New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1989.

 

Gallagher, Eugene V. Expectation and Experience: Explaining Religious Conversion. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1990.

 

Grace, James H. Sex and Marriage in the Unification Movement: A Sociological Study. New York: East Mellen Press, 1985.

 

Horowitz, Irving Louis, ed. Science, Sin, and Scholarship: The Politics of Reverend Moon and the Unification Church. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1978.

 

Kim, Chong-sun. Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Washington D.C.: University Press of America, 1978.

 

Loomis, Louise Ropes. The Council of Constance: The Unification of the Church. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961.

 

Lowney, Kathleen S. Passport to Heaven: Gender Roles in the Unification Church. New York: Garland, 1992.

 

Marti, Thomas J. Doctrine and Strategy: Low Intensity Conflict: Unification Church Related Cultural Organizations. Manila, Philippines: Socio-Pastoral Institute, 1989.

 

Marti, Thomas J. Fundamentalist Religion. Socio-Pastoral Institute, 1988.

 

Matczak, Sebastian A. Unificationism: A New Philosophy and Worldview. New York: Learned Publications, 1982.

 

Mickler, Michael L. A History of the Unification Church in America, 1959-1974: Emergence of a National Movement. New York: Garland, 1993.

 

---. The Unification Church in America: A Bibliography and Research Guide. New York: Garland Publishers, 1987.

 

Miller, Timothy, ed. America's Alternative Religions.  Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995.

 

Richardson, Herbert, ed. Constitutional Issues in the Case of Rev. Moon:  Amicus Briefs Presented to the United States Supreme Court. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1984.

 

Sherwood, Carlton. Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1991.

 

Sweet, William Warren. American Culture and Religion: Six Essays. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1951.

 

Wright, Stuart A. Leaving Cults: the Dynamics of Defection. Washington, D.C.: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1987.

 

Popular Secondary Books

 

Allan, John. The Rising of the Moon: An Examination of Sun Myung Moon and His Unification Church. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980.

           

Bjornstad, James. The Moon is not the Son: a Close Look at the teachings of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. Minneapolis: Dimension Books, 1976.           

 

Chryssides, George D. The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs, and Practices of the Unification Church. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.

 

Durham, Deanna. Life Among the Moonies: Three Years in the Unification Church. Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1981.           

 

Edwards, Christopher, Crazy for God. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979.      

 

Enroth, Ronald. A Guide to Cults and New Religions. Downers Grove, IL.: InterVarsity Press, 1983.

 

Fichter, Joseph Henry. The Holy Family of Father Moon. Kansas City, MO: Leaven Press, 1985.     

 

Freed, Josh. Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult. Toronto: Dorset Publishers, 1980.

 

Gullery, Jonathon, ed. The Path of a Pioneer: The Early Days of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Publications, 1986. 

           

Gullery, Jonathon, ed. The Path of a Pioneer: The Early Days of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. New York: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity Publications, 1986.

 

Heftmann, Erica. Dark Side of the Moonies. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.

 

Hong, Nansook. In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Little, Brown and Company, 1998.

 

Introvigne, Massimo. The Unification Church. Signature Books in cooperation with the Center for Study on New Religions, 2000.

 

Kenny, Bernadette. Exclusively Religious: The Unification Church v. the Tax Commission: A Case Study of the Indivisibility of Religion, Politics, and Economics. New York: National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1983.

 

Kim, Young Oon. Unification theology & Christian Thought. New York: Golden Gate Publishing Company, 1975.

McDonald, Osgoode Hamilton. A Church and Only a Church; a Study in Program Unification. Philadelphia, Boston: The Judson Press, 1936.

 

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Commission on Faith and Order. A Critique of the Theology of the Unification Church as Set Forth in Divine Principle. New York: The Council, 1977.

 

Rhodes, Ron. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions: The Essential Guide to their History, their Doctrine, and our Response. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2001.

 

Selengut, Charles. The Unification Church and Jewish Orthodoxy in America: A Sociological Study of Belief, Life-style and Reality Maintenance in Cognitive Minority Communities. Ann Arbor, 1982.    

              

Sontag, Frederick. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1977.

 

Swatland, Susan. Escape from the Moonie. London: New English Library, 1982.

 

Ton, il Sashsang. Unification Thought. New York: Unification Thought Institute, 1973.

 

Underwood, Barbara. Hostage to Heaven. New York: C. N. Potter: Crown Publishers, 1979.

 

Wentz, Richard E. "When Your Nephew Joins the Moonies" and Other Letters to the Christians of St. Woebegone's. Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 1990.

 

Yamamoto, J. Isamu. The Puppet Master: An Inquiry into Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1977.

 

---. Unification Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995. 

                                                

 

ARTICLES

 

Popular Primary Articles

 

Thompson, Henry. “A Study in Anti-Semitism: Israelis in Divine Principle.” Unity in Diversity. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1984. 73-133.

 

Eby, Lloyd. “The Unification Understanding of God.” Hermeneutics and Horizons. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1982. 159-169.

 

Feige, Franz. “Salvation as Restoration in Unification Thought.” Orthodox Unification Dialogue. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1981. 115-128.

 

Flinn, Frank K. “Marriage as Eschatological Type in Unification Theology.” Family and the Unification Church. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1983. 235-253.

 

Kim, David S C. “The Unification Position on Marxism.” Unity in Diversity. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1984. 255-296.

 

Kwak, Chung H. “God and Creation in Unification Theology.” God. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1982. 85-94. 

 

Moon, Sun Myung. “Instructions from Father: Sun Myung Moon Speaks.” Areopagus: A Living Encounter with Today's Religious World 11 (1987): 29-31.

 

Post, Stephen. “Divine Principle and Natural Law.” Hermeneutics and Horizons. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1982. 337-343.

 

Sontag, Frederick E. “Marriage and the Family in Unification Church Theology.” Family and the Unification Church. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1983. 217-234.

 

Thompson, Henry O. “Unity in Diversity: Essays in Religion by Members of the Faculty of the Unification Theological Seminary.” New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1984.

 

Wells, Jonathan. “Unification hermeneutics and Christology.” Hermeneutics and Horizons. New York: Rose of Sharon Press, 1982. 185-200.

 

Secondary Scholarly Articles

 

Barker, Eileen. “Being a Moonie: Identity within an Unorthodox Oorthodoxy.” Disciplines of Faith. London and New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987. 211-225.

 

---. “Defection from the Unification Church: Some Statistics and Distinctions.” Falling From the Faith. Newbury Park, California: Sage, 1988. 166-184.

 

---. “The Ones Who Got Away: People Who Attended Unification Church Workshops and Do Not Become Members.” Of gods and Men. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1983. 309-336.

 

---. “The Unification Church.” America's Alternative Religions. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995. 223-229.

 

---. “The Whole World in His Hand: Ways and Means of Establishing a Unificationist Theocracy.” Religion and Global Order. New York: Paragon House, 1991. 201-220.

 

Borg, Marcus. “The Historical Jesus and Unification Theology: An Appraisal and Critique.” Christology. New York: Paragon House, 1989. 111-128.

 

Brinkerhoff, Merlin B., and Marlene M. MacKie. “Moonie Conferences: Dialog or Duplicity.” Update (New Religious Movement) 7 (1983): 22-37.

 

Bromley, David G, Bruce C Busching and Anson D. Shupe. “The Unification Church and the American Family: Strain, Conflict and Control.” New Religious Movements. New York: Edwin Mellan Press, 1982. 302-311.

 

---. “Deprogramming as a Mode of Exit from New Religious Movements: The Case of the Unificationist Movement.” Falling From the Faith. Newbury Park, California: Sage, 1988. 185-204.

 

---. “Financing the Millennium: The Economic Structure of the Unificationist Movement.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 24 (1985): 253-274.

 

Carlson, David. “The Unification Pledge Service: An Embodiment Ritual.” Dialogue and Alliance 6 (1992): 79-85.

 

Deutsch, Alexander, and Michael J. Miller. “A Clinical Study of Four Unification Church Members.” American Journal of Psychiatry 140 (1983): 767-770.

 

Dole, Arthur A., and Steve Eichel. “Moon Over Academe.” Journal of Religion and Health 20 (1981): 35-40.

 

D'Souza, Dinesh. “Moon's Planet: The Politics and Theology of the Unification Church.” Policy Review 32 (1985): 28-34.

 

Edwards, Cliff. “Sun Myong Moon and the Scholars.” Dialog 21 (1982): 56-59.

 

Fichter, Joseph H. “Family and Religion among the Moonies: A Descriptive Analysis.” Families and Religions. Beverly Hills, California: Sage, 1983. 289-304.

 

Fleming, James R. “The Unificationist Understanding of Resurrection.” Immortality and Human Destiny. New York: Paragon House, 1985. 125-132.

 

Flowers, Ronald B. “Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon.” Journal of Church and State 35 (1993): 164-165.

 

Foster, Durwood. “Divine Principle on the Unification of Religions.” How Can the Religions of the World be Unified. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1987. 123-138.

 

---. “The Fall in Divine Principle.” Society and Original Sin. New York: Paragon House, 1985. 73-85.

 

Galanter, Marc. "Moonies Get Married: A Psychiatric Follow-up Study of a Charismatic Religious Sect.” American Journal of Psychiatry 143 (1986): 1245-1249.

 

---. “Unification Church (‘Moonie’) Dropouts: Psychological Readjustments after Leaving a Charismatic Religious Group.” American Journal of Psychiatry 140 (1983): 984-989.

 

Galanti, Geri Ann. “Brainwashing and the Moonies.” Cultic Studies Journal 1 (1984): 27-36.

 

Gleason, Patricia E. “A Unification Perspective on the Female-Male Relationship.” Sexual Archetypes, East and West. New York: Paragon House, 1987. 187-206.

 

Guerra, Anthony J. “The Unification Understanding of the Problem of Evil.” Dialogue and Alliance 8 (1994): 88-97.

 

Hun, Lee Sang. “Unification View of God.” God in Contemporary Thought. New York: Learned Publications, 1977. 727-749. 

 

James, Gene. “The Unification Doctrine of the Fall and the Problem of Evil.” Society and Original Sin. New York: Paragon House, 1985. 86-99.

 

Kilbourne, Brock K. “Equity or Exploitation: the Case of the Unification Church.” A Review of Religious Research 28 (1986): 143-150.

 

Kliever, Lonnie D. “Unification Thought and Modern Theology.” Religious Studies Review 8 (1982): 214-221.

 

Lewis, Warren. “Is the Reverend Sun Myung Moon a Heretic: Locating Unification Theology on the Map of Church History.” Time for Consideration. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1978. 167-219.

 

Lofland, John. “Social Movement Culture and the Unification Church.” Future of New Religious Movements. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1987. 91-108.

 

McBride, James. “The Far East, the Far West, and the Second Coming: The Unification Church in America.” Religion and Society in the American West. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987.  449-476.

 

Mickler, Michael L.  “When the Prophet is Yet Living: A Case Study of the Unification Church.” When Prophets Die. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1991. 183-194.

 

---. “Future Prospects of the Unification Church.” Future of New Religious Movements. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1987. 175-186.

 

---. “The Ideal Society and its Realization in Unification Tradition.” Ideal in the World's Religions. New York: Paragon House, 1997. 313-330.

 

Miller, Timothy S. “Are the Moonies Latter-Day Mormons.”  Studia Missionalia 41 (1992): 69-83.

 

“The Moonies Have Landed.” Economist Nov. 1998: 37.

 

Paper, Jordan.” The Divine Principle: The Bible from a Korean Perspective.” Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 15 (1986): 451-460.

 

Parsons, Arthur S.  “Messianic Personalism: A Role Analysis of the Unification Church.”  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 25 (1986): 141-161.

 

---. “The Secular Contribution to Religious Innovation: A Case Study of the Unification Church.” Sociological Analysis 50 (1989): 209-277.

 

Petersen, Sarah. “Unification: Liberation for the Femininity of God?” Women in the World's Religions, Past and Present. New York: Paragon House, 1987. 158-176.

 

Richardson, J T. “Moonies in America: Cult Church and Crusade.” Review of Religious Research 23 (1981): 86-87.

 

“Rites of Passage in the Unification Church.” Temenos 27 (1991): 61-81.

 

Rochford, E. Burke, Jr. “The Odyssey of New Religious Movements, Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 28 (1989): 94-95.

 

Sandon, Leo. “Moonie Family: We All Have a Stake in Being Fair to the Far-Out.” Worldview 21 (1978): 7-11.

 

Sawatsky, Rodney J. “Moonies, Mormons and Mennonites: Christian Heresy and Religious Toleration.” Time for Consideration. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1978. 20-40. 

 

Shupe, Anson D. “Frame Alignment and Strategic Evolution in Social Movements: The Case of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.” Religion, Mobilization, and Social Action. Westport, CN: Praeger, 1998. 197-215.

 

Shupe, Anson, and David G. Bromley. “The Moonies and the Anti-Cultists: Movement and Countermovement in Conflict.” Sociological Analysis 40 (1979): 325-334.

 

Shupe, Anson. “Constructing Evil as a Social Process: The Unification Church and the Media.” Uncivil Religion. New York: Crossroad, 1987. 205-218.

 

Solomon, Trudy. “Integrating the ‘Moonie’ Experience: A Survey of Ex-Members of the Unification Church.”  In Gods We Trust. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1981. 275-294. 

 

Sonneborn, John Andrew. “Unification Theology, Ecumenicity, and ‘The God of Principle’: A Response to F Sontag.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 22 (1985): 754-763.

 

Sontag, Frederick.  “New Moon Sophistry.” Religion in Life 46 (1977): 269-277.

 

---. “Moon, Mohammed and Jesus: A Study in Comparative Revelations.” Asia Journal of Theology 3 (1989): 416-429.

 

---. “The God of Principle Must Also Be the God Beyond the Principle.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 23 (1986): 280-283.

---. “The God of Principle: A critical evaluation.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 22 (1985): 741-753.

 

Taylor, David. “Becoming New People: The Recruitment of Young Americans into the Unification Church.” Millennialism and Charisma. Belfast, Northern Ireland: Queens University, 1982. 177-230.

 

Tillett, Gregory J. “Sources of Doctrine in the Unification Church.” Update (New Religious Movement) 8 (1984): 3-8.

 

Tribe, Laurence H. “The Sun Myung Moon Case.” Assault on Religion. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986. 22-30.

 

Wells, Jonathan. “Marriage and the Family in Unification Theology.” Dialogue and Alliance 9 (1995): 65-74.

 

---. “Unification Christology.” Christology. New York: Paragon House, 1989. 43-55.

 

Wilson, Andrew M. “A Unification Position on the Jewish People.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 20 (1983): 191-208.

 

---. “The Unification Doctrine of Indemnity.” Restoring the Kingdom. New York: Paragon House, 1984. 3-15.

 

---. “Unification Eschatology and Apocalyptic.”  Immortality and Human Destiny. New York: Paragon House, 1985. 113-124.

 

Yamamoto, J Isamu. “Moon's Ever-Changing Face-Lift.” Christian Research Journal 20 (1998): 6-7, 47.

 

---. “Unification Church.” Guide to Cults and New Religions. Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1983. 151-172.

 

Secondary Popular Articles

 

“28,000 Couples Gather for Rev. Moon Rites.” New York Times 30 Nov. 1997: 30.

 

“The Moonies Seek a Niche in American Religion: They Are Smart, and They Work Hard to be Accepted, But They Teach Heresy.” Christianity Today 5 Mar. 1982: 44-48.

 

Ahrens, Frank.  “Moon Speech Raises Old Ghosts as the Times Turns 20.” The Washington Post 23 May 2002: E1.

 

Barker, Eileen. “Whose Service is Perfect Freedom: The Concept of Spiritual Well-Being in Relation to the Reverend Moon's Unification Church.” Spiritual Well Being of the Elderly. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 1980. 153-171.

 

Barringer, F.  “New Flock for Moon Church: The Changing Soviet Student.” New York Times 14 Nov. 1990: A1.

 

Beverley, James A. “Moon Struck: Church founder's Ex-Daughter-in-Law Pens Grim Tome about Life on the Inside.” Christianity Today 1998:  20-21.

 

Chandler, E Russell. “By the Light of the Saviourly Moon.” Christianity Today 1 Mar. 1974: 101-102.

 

Chaumont, Robert Jules. “How Tolerant Can a Unificationist Be.” Religious Traditions and the Limits of Tolerance. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Anima Books, 1988. 30-34.

 

Cleath, Robert L. “Meeting the Moonies on Their Territory.” Christianity Today 18 Aug. 1978: 40-42.

 

Clift, Eleanor, and Mark Miller. “Rev Moon's Political Moves.”  Newsweek Fall 1988: 31.

 

Cooper, N. and M. Miller. “Reverend Moon's Rising Son.” Newsweek 11 Apr. 1988: 39.

 

Cox, Harvey G. “Real Threat of the Moonies.” Christianity and-Crisis: A Christian Journal of Opinion 37 (1977): 258-263.

 

---. “The Real Threat of the Moonies.” Faith Meets Faith. New York: Paulist Press, 1981. 278-291.

 

Craney, Glen, et al. “CAUSA and the Black Clergy: Moon Outreach or Infiltration?” Christianity and Crisis: A Christian Journal of Opinion 47 (1987): 115-120.

 

“Evangelicals and Moon Join in Common Cause.” Christian Century Summer 1996: 844-845.

 

Goodstein, Laurie. “35,000 Couples are Invited to a Blessing by Rev. Moon.” New York Times 28 Nov. 1997: A16.

 

Gram, Robert L. “Unification Theology and Gnostic Thought.” Reformed Review 31 (1978): 143-147.

 

Grenz, Stanley J. “The Son and the Moon: An Evangelical Critique of Unification Christology.” Reformed Journal 36 (1986): 8-12.

 

Hanley, Robert.  “Fears of Link to Rev. Moon Slow a Celibacy Program.”  New York Times 22 Mar. 1995: B1.

 

Heim, S Mark. “Divine Principle and the Second Advent.” Christian Century 11 May 1977: 448-451.

 

Jaeger, Harry J. “By the Light of a Masterly Moon.” Christianity Today 19 Dec. 1975: 13-16.

 

Judis, J.B. “Rev. Moon's Rising Political Influence.” U.S. News & World Report 27 Mar. 1989: 27.

 

Kennedy, John W. “Moon-Related Funds Filter to Evangelicals.” Christianity Today Fall 1998: 82-83.

 

Keylock, Leslie R. “To Combat Charges That They Are Anti-Semitic, Moonies Alter Their Doctrine.” Christianity Today 14 Dec. 1984: 56-57.

 

Laver, Ross and Kaihla, Paul. “Ed Schreyer and the Moonies.” Maclean's 23 Oct. 1995: 44.

 

Lyles, Jean Caffey. “Letting Go: Everybody Has the Right to be Wrong: Are "Moonies" Entitled to the Same Religious Liberties as Mainstream Church Folk?” Christian Century 1977: 451-453.

 

Maass, Peter. “Moon at Twilight: Amid Scandal, the Unification Church Has a Strange New Mission.” New Yorker Summer 1998: 41-42, 46-50.

 

Maust, John. “The Moonies Cross Wits with Cult-Watching Critics.” Christianity Today 20 Jul. 1979: 38-40.

 

Mavrodes, George I. “Learning from Unification Christology.”  Reformed Journal 36 (1986): 5-6.

 

Melton, J Gordon. “What is Moon up to?” Christianity Today 7 Apr. 1978: 47.

 

---. “What's Behind the Moonie Mass Marriages: Unification Church's Marriage System Symbolizes Its Break With Christianity.” Christianity Today 16 Dec. 1983: 28-31.

 

Mesler, Bill. “Unification Family Values.” Nation 30 Nov. 1998: 28.

 

“Moon's Credibility Game.” Christian Century Summer 1975: 812-813.

 

“Moon Group Courts Black Pastors.” Other Side 8 Oct. 1986: 3.

 

“Moon Marriages.” Christian Century 17 Dec. 1997: 1185.

 

“Moon Sect ‘Non-Christian.’" Christian Century 4 Dec. 1985: 1112.

 

Mortkovich, Oksana. “The Moonies Are Alive and a Threat.” Current Digest of the Post Soviet Press 20 May 1998: 16.

 

Ostling, Richard N. “Sun Myung Moon Has Unique End-Times Reading of the Bible.”  The Associated Press 27 Aug. 2001: Lifestyle.

 

“Pardon for [Sun Myung] Moon.” Christian Century 28 Aug. 1985: 762-763.

 

Post, Stephen G. “Deprogramming and Devotion: Religious Consciousness, the Unification Church.” Christianity and Crisis: A Christian Journal of Opinion 49 (1989): 142-144.

 

Shupe, Anson D. “Sun Myung Moon's American Disappointment.” Christian Century 22 Aug. 1990: 764-766.

 

Sims, Calvin. “Unification Church Gains Respect in Latin America.” New York Times 24 Nov. 1996: 14.

 

Woodward, Kenneth L., et al. “Life with Father Moon.” Newsweek 14 Jul. 1977: 60-66.

 

Wright, J S.  “Dark Side of the Moonies.” Churchman 97 (1983): 176-177.

 

COMPUTER RESOURCES

 

1: Popular Primary Sources on the Unification Church

Unification Church This is the official website of the Unification Church.

http://www.unification.org/ 

 

Unification Theological Seminary This is the official website of Unification Theological Seminary.

http://www.uts.edu/

 

Unification Church documents This site contains extensive primary source documents with Moon’s speeches, church documents, and other things.

http://www.unification.net/

 

Links to Unification Church This site has links to official websites of the U.C.

http://www.ettl.co.at/uc/

 

2: Popular Primary articles on the Unification Church

Speech by Unification Church member This is a speech by a Unification Church member Antonio Benantcourt, speaking at the Summit Council for World Peace in Brazil, 1998. http://www.religiousfreedom.com/Conference/brazil/betancourt.htm

Moon speeches and talks This site has numerous sermons, speeches and talks by Moon. http://www.tparents.org/Lib-Moon-Talk.htm

Speech introducing Unification principles This is an article by Sun-jo Hwang, International President, Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, written in January 2002.  He gives a basic introduction to some of the principles of the unification church.

http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/PhilofPeace/PhilosophyPeace.html

 

Quotes by Moon This site includes a list of quotes by Moon

http://www.csj.org/infoserv_press/press_moon_97nov/pressucmoonq.htm

 

3: Popular anti-cult primary sources—websites by ex-members of the Unification Church

www.Xmoonies.com This is a website put together by x-Moonies, and it attempts to show the flaws, brainwashing, and corruption within the Unification Church from the perspective of a former member.

http://www.xmoonies.com/

 

 

 

Ex-Moonie's horrors in the UC  This is an article written by a Child Psychologist in which he describes the horrors of his time in the Unification Church.

http://www.trancenet.org/moonism/index/shtml

 

 

5: Popular anti-cult secondary sources: websites and articles by conservative Christians on the Unification Church

Links to articles on the Unification Church This site has an extensive list of both primary and secondary source articles about the Unification Church.

http://www.rickross.com/groups/moonie.html

 

Christian response to the UC This site has a Christian response to the Unification Church.  It also has extensive links to primary source information to back up claims it is making about the teachings of the UC.

http://www.gospelcom.net/apologeticsindex/u05.html 

 

Unification Church and Scripture This site looks at Unification teaching in light of Scripture and Christian teaching.

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/unificat.htm

 

General critique of the UC This site is a general critique of the teachings and practices of the Unification Church from a Christian perspective.

http://www.letusreason.org/Moon.htm

 

Links to information on the Moonies This site has a nice list of official sites of the Unification Church and links to articles on the Moonies.

http://www.apologeticsresearch.org/groups/moon/ 

 

Christian critique of Moonie practices This is an article on the Moonies outlining some of their practices and critiquing them in light of a Christian worldview.

http://www.spiritwatch.org/unchurch.htm

 

6: Popular anti-cult secondary sources: websites and articles by non-conservative Christians on the Unification Church

Essays on the Unification Church This site has a collection on essays on the Unification Church, as well as links to some primary source information and newspaper articles on the UC.

http://www.factnet.org/cults/unification_church/?FACTNet

 

The Unification Church and mind control This is an article about the UC in light of mind control.  The “about us” section of the site states: “This site is dedicated to respect for human rights, spirituality, and consumer awareness. We endeavor to be a safe place where you can turn to for resources, news and information about destructive cults, and mind control techniques, as well as learn how to help yourself and others.”

http://www.freedomofmind.com/groups/moonies/moonorg.htm

 

 

7: Popular Secondary Sources and articles about the Unification Church

Articles and news sources on the Moonies This site has great links to articles and news sources regarding the Moonies.  This site has a great collection of both primary and secondary sources about the Moonies.

http://www.freedomofmind.com/groups/moonies/moonies.htm

 

Bibliographic information on the Moonies This site is very interesting, and contains good bibliographic information on the UC.

http://www.csj.org/infoserv_press/press_moon_97nov/pressucindex.htm

 

8: Scholarly secondary sources: websites by official scholars of religion on the Unification Church

Balanced expose of the UC This is a good balanced expose of the Unification Church, with some good links to other informative sites and information.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/unificat.htm

 

Scholarly information on the UC This is a scholarly website that studies New Religious Movements, with good information on the UC.

http://www.cesnur.org/testi/se_moon.htm

 

Changes in the UC from 1994 to 1999 This is from the Center for Study on New Religions, and describes changes in the UC from 1994-1999.

http://www.cesnur.org/testi/moon_1199.htm

 

9: Scholarly Secondary Sources: articles about the Unification Church by scholars of religion.

Articles on Moonie practices This is an interesting collection of copyrighted articles on

Moonie practices.

http://www.sonic.net/sentinel/1earth4.html