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.[1]
Hong was born to prominent members of the Unification church. She was handpicked to be the wife of Sun Myung Moon's son, Hyo Jin Moon, at age fifteen and during her fifteen years of marriage, she bore five children while attending high school and Barnard College in Manhattan.[2] Hong graduated from Barnard College in 1991.[3]
Author and investigative reporter Peter Maass, writing in the New Yorker Magazine in 1998, said that their divorce was the Unification Church's "most damaging scandal", and predicted that her then unpublished book would be a "tell-all memoir".[6] In October 1998, Hong participated in an online interview hosted by TIME Magazine, in which she stated: "Rev. Moon has been proclaiming that he has established his ideal family, and fulfilled his mission, and when I pinpointed that his family is just as dysfunctional as any other family - or more than most - then I think his theology falls apart."[7]
In her review of the book for Cultic Studies Journal, Marcia Rudin said that due to Nansook Hong's position within the Moon family, her story cannot simply be dismissed by cult apologists as an atrocity tale.[8] Rafael Martinez, the director of Spiritwatch Ministries, a Christian countercult movement organization, writes that the book is a "...painfully honest and personal reflection of her life as a bride to Hyo Jin, Moon's eldest son..."[9]
Hyo Jin Moon (December 3, 1962 – March 17, 2008) was a musician, performer, and recording facility executive and the eldest son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han. He was born in South Korea and grew up in the United States in New York State.[10] He served as first president of the World Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles. For ten years Moon was head of the Unification Church-owned Manhattan Center Studios recording facility in New York City.[11] He served as worldwide president of the student branch of Unificationism, World CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles).[12]
On March 17, 2008, Moon died of a heart attack at the Moon family home in Hannam-dong in Seoul, South Korea. FFWPU North American Headquarters announced that his Seung-hwa (ascension) ceremony was held on March 19, 2008 at Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center, and The Wonjeon (burial) ceremony was held at Paju Wonjeon later that day.[13]
Hong, Nansook. (1998). In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Little, Brown. (ISBN0-316-34816-3)
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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 1 Korean nameHangul홍난숙Hanja洪蘭淑Revised RomanizationHong Nan sukMcCune ReischauerHong Nansuk In this Korean name the family name is Hong Contents 1 Early life and education 2 In the Shadow of the Moons 3 Hyo Jin Moon 4 Notes 5 ReferencesEarly life and education editHong was born to prominent members of the Unification church She was handpicked to be the wife of Sun Myung Moon s son Hyo Jin Moon at age fifteen and during her fifteen years of marriage she bore five children while attending high school and Barnard College in Manhattan 2 Hong graduated from Barnard College in 1991 3 In the Shadow of the Moons editIn 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 by Little Brown and Company then owned by Time Warner It has been translated into German 4 and French 5 Author and investigative reporter Peter Maass writing in the New Yorker Magazine in 1998 said that their divorce was the Unification Church s most damaging scandal and predicted that her then unpublished book would be a tell all memoir 6 In October 1998 Hong participated in an online interview hosted by TIME Magazine in which she stated Rev Moon has been proclaiming that he has established his ideal family and fulfilled his mission and when I pinpointed that his family is just as dysfunctional as any other family or more than most then I think his theology falls apart 7 In her review of the book for Cultic Studies Journal Marcia Rudin said that due to Nansook Hong s position within the Moon family her story cannot simply be dismissed by cult apologists as an atrocity tale 8 Rafael Martinez the director of Spiritwatch Ministries a Christian countercult movement organization writes that the book is a painfully honest and personal reflection of her life as a bride to Hyo Jin Moon s eldest son 9 Hyo Jin Moon editIn this Korean name the family name is Moon Hyo Jin Moon December 3 1962 March 17 2008 was a musician performer and recording facility executive and the eldest son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han He was born in South Korea and grew up in the United States in New York State 10 He served as first president of the World Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles For ten years Moon was head of the Unification Church owned Manhattan Center Studios recording facility in New York City 11 He served as worldwide president of the student branch of Unificationism World CARP Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles 12 On March 17 2008 Moon died of a heart attack at the Moon family home in Hannam dong in Seoul South Korea FFWPU North American Headquarters announced that his Seung hwa ascension ceremony was held on March 19 2008 at Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center and The Wonjeon burial ceremony was held at Paju Wonjeon later that day 13 Notes edit Review In the Shadow of the Moons Library Journal 1998 Reed Business Information Inc Hong Nansook 1998 In the shadow of the Moons my life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon s family Little Brown OCLC 1149440169 Barnard College Alumnae Bibliography PDF Barnard College May 2010 p 57 Retrieved September 17 2020 Hong Nansook Ich schaue nicht zuruck Moons Schwiegertochter berichtet Bastei Lubbe 2000 ISBN 3 404 61446 1 L Ombre de Moon French edition September 1998 ISBN 2 86391 883 4 Moon At Twilight Amid scandal the Unification Church has a strange new mission Peter Maass New Yorker Magazine September 14 1998 Life with the Moons A conversation with Nansook Hong former daughter in law of the Rev Sun Myung Moon TIME Magazine October 13 1998 Book Review Marcia Rudin Cultic Studies Journal Volume 16 Number 1 1999 The True Family s Real Values Rafael Martinez Director Spiritwatch Ministries Staff report March 18 2008 Son of Unification Church founder dies United Press International Hong 1998 page 186 President s Profile Archived from the original on November 4 2005 Retrieved 2012 05 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link World CARP Official FFWPU Ascension Ceremony AnnouncementReferences editHong Nansook 1998 In the Shadow of the Moons My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon s Family Little Brown ISBN 0 316 34816 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nansook Hong amp oldid 1188630757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
