Steven Hassan
Steven Hassan has written several books about cult experiences, including Freedom of Mind: Helping Loved Ones Leave Controlling People, Cults and Beliefs. Hassan lives in the Boston area.
Faith: Christianity
Michael Breen
Michael Breen is the founder of a public relations firm in South Korea. He calls himself a lapsed member of the Unification Church and is the author of Sun Myung Moon: The Early Years 1920-53.
“Unification Church Woos a Second Generation”
Read a Feb. 7, 2010, NPR story about Sun Myung Moon’s efforts to reinvigorate the Unification Church.
“Sons Rise in a Moon Shadow”
Read an April 2, 2010, Forbes story about Sun Myung Moon’s sons vying to reinvigorate the spiritual enterprise.
“Thousands join Moon for mass wedding in South Korea”
Read a March 24, 2012, Reuters story about one of the mass weddings over which Sun Myung Moon presided.
“Rev. Moon, Times founder, dies at 92”
Read an obituary for Sun Myung Moon from The Washington Times, the newspaper Moon founded.
“The moral debate about torture”
Read and listen to a May 1, 2009, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly program about the morality of torture.
“Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Self-Proclaimed Messiah Who Built Religious Movement, Dies at 92”
Read an obituary for Sun Myung Moon from The New York Times.
“Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; Washington Times owner led the Unification Church”
Read an obituary for Sun Myung Moon from The Washington Post.