Moonies
Mass wedding participants
Moonies is informal, often dismissive slang for members of the Unification Church, founded by Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon in the 1950s.
The movement gained notoriety in the 1970s and 1980s for mass weddings and aggressive recruitment.
Church members consider the term derogatory. (Lowercase moonies has the same meaning.)
Coercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- followersPeople who support someone
- totalismDoctrine of absolute authority
deprogramming · recruitment · manipulation · commune · proselytization · conversion · ideology · doctrine
Large venue for spectators
Connection to the sacred
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- zealIntense driving devotion
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- pietySincere religious devotion
reverence · allegiance · discipleship · adherence · faith · worship · teachings · rituals
Mark of dishonor
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- schismFormal organizational fracture
criticism · defectors · lawsuits · kidnapping · political influence
brainwashing
Coercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- followersPeople who support someone
totalism · deprogramming · recruitment · manipulation · commune · proselytization · conversion · ideology · doctrine · coercion
stadium
Large venue for spectators
groom · congregation · Korea
spirituality
Connection to the sacred
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- zealIntense driving devotion
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
piety · reverence · allegiance · discipleship · adherence · faith · worship · teachings · rituals · community
Restoration
1660s monarchical revival
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- propagandaBiased information for influence
schism · criticism · defectors · lawsuits · kidnapping · political influence
MooniesRoman Catholicism
Papal Christian tradition
established churches · Presbyterian Church · Methodist Church · state church · Church of England
Mooniesworld religions
Major global belief systems
Hinduism · Buddhism · Judaism · Christianity · Islam