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Rosalind Millam's 2002 book Anti-Discriminatory Practice notes that " Its followers are better known as Moonies "; the entry on the Unification Church in the book is titled: " Unification Church ( Moonies )".

In its entry on " Unification Church ", the 2002 edition of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage advised: " Unification Church is appropriate in all references to the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, which was founded by the Rev.

Sun Myung Moon.

Do not use the disparaging Moonie ( s )".

Reuters, in its handbook for journalists, says: "' Moonie ' is a pejorative term for members of the Unification Church.

We should not use it in copy and avoid it when possible in direct quotations.