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Unification Church

Unification Church, religious sect founded (1954) in Korea by Sun Myung Moon. Moon moved to the United States in 1971. He and his wife, Hak J. Han, are seen by followers as “True Parents.” He claims to have communicated with Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the Buddha in his spiritual search, and has declared himself to be the “Messiah.” Moon matches his followers with mates and performs mass weddings, the church's most important ritual. Officially known as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification for World Christianity, the church's headquarters are located in New York City. In 1995 the church reported 50,000 U.S. followers, 3 million worldwide.

See studies by D. Bromley and A. D. Shupe, Jr. (1979) and E. Barker (1984).

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Major media ignore ties connecting Bush to Unification Church. (former Pres. George Bush makes speeches on behalf of church's Rev. Sun Myung Moon in Tokyo, Washington DC, and Buenos Aires)(Column) (National Catholic Reporter)

The Moonies discover Brazil.(Unification church plans community called New Hope near Jardim, Brazil)(Brief Article) (The Economist (US))

Unification church groups get grants for 'Healthy Marriage'. (Economic Opportunity Report)

Where have all the Moonies gone?(Opinion)(Unification Church) (First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life)

Whitney Houston may get 'millions' for singing at Unification Church mass wedding ceremony.(Brief Article) (Jet)

The Moon's the limit.(Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church)(United States)(Cover Story) (The Humanist)

Milingo says he may have been `brainwashed'. (World).(Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo on Unification Church)(Brief Article) (National Catholic Reporter)

Emmanuel Milingo, 71, the former archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia, who married a South Korean acupuncturist May 27 in a mass wedding organized by Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church, has renewed his commitment to the Catholic Church and left his bride under pressure from the Vatican.(Brief Article) (The Christian Century)

Moon Backs Farrakhan `Million Family' March In Nation's Capital.(Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church)(Minister Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam)(Brief Article) (Church & State)

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