Unification movement status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Unification movement The Unification movement or Unificationism, also called the Unification Church (UC), is a worldwide new religious movement. Its members are colloquially called "Moonies". It was officially founded under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC) in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954, by Sun Myung Moon, a Korean religious leader also known for his business ventures and engagement in social and political causes. In 1994 the HSA-UWC was replaced by Moon with a new organization, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU). The
Nansook Hong Nansook Hong Nansook Hong (born 1966), is the author of the autobiography, "In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family", published in 1998 by Little, Brown and Company. It gave her account of her life up to that time, including her marriage to Hyo Jin Moon, the first son of Unification Church founder and leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hakja Han Moon. "In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family" is a 1998, non-fiction work by Hong and "Boston Globe" reporter Eileen McNamara, published