" Brown also quoted William Shaw, a broadcaster who was presenting the Cult Fiction series on BBC Radio Five Live: " Most Moonies embrace a morality which would make them acceptable in the most genteel Anglican social circle.

The Moonies Live, Leadimll, Sheffield: " It takes something solid to open a show for the mighty Buzzcocks and the Moonies-part of the Merseyside revival-offer something suitable for them this weekend.

Jenkins mentions use of the word in book titles including Life among the Moonies and Escape from the Moonies, and comments: " These titles further illustrate how the derogatory term ' Moonie ' became a standard for members of this denomination, in a way that would have been inconceivable for any of the insulting epithets that could be applied to, say, Catholics or Jews.

The Moonies were an alternative rock band from Liverpool, England, who existed from 2001 to 2005.

The Moonies are a three piece who hail from The Beatles end of Liverpool, but if you ’ re expecting their location to be obvious in their sound, then you ’ re going to be disappointed.

Taking their cues from the antics of Keith Moon and the sound of The Who and Ash, The Moonies are a hedonistic hit band waiting to happen.

The Moonies are three psychotic, foul-mouthed turbo-bastard keith Moon wanbabes from the same part of Liverpool as the Beatles-where they've torn down the Thumbs Aloft School Of Immaculate Paul Macca Wackyness to make way for a military weapon testing site dedicated to blowing up Starsailor.

In 1984, The Washington Post noted: " Members of the Unification Church resent references to them as ' Moonies '", and quoted one church member who said " Even in quotation marks, it's derogatory ".

In a 2004 interview with The New York Times, playwright Tony Kushner used the term " Moonies " to refer to religious converts who lacked " spiritual liveliness or freedom of thought ".

" In the same book, Anson Shupe, a sociologist known for his studies of religious issues, and David Bromley, a sociologist who has written extensively on new religious movements, also use the word Moonies to refer to members of the Unification Church.

Other plot lines include Jessica's adopted daughter Corinne courting Father Tim Flotsky, who ended up leaving the priesthood, and the two eventually marrying and having a child who is possessed by the Devil ; Chester being imprisoned for Peter's murder, escaping with his prison roommate Dutch, and being afflicted with amnesia after a failed operation ; Jessica's other daughter, Eunice, sleeps with a married congressman, and then falls in love with Dutch ; Mary's stepson Chuck, a ventriloquist whose hostilities are expressed through his alter ego, a quick-witted dummy named Bob ; Jessica's love affairs with several men, including Donahue, a private investigator hired to find the missing presumed-dead Chester, her psychiatrist, and a Latin American revolutionary known as " El Puerco " (" The Pig "; his friends just call him " El "); Billy Tate's confinement by a cult called the " Sunnies " ( a parody of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Movement, called the " Moonies " by its critics ), and then his affair with his school teacher who becomes unhinged ; Danny and his romantic trials with the daughter of a mobster, a black woman, a prostitute, and Chester's second wife, Annie ; and Burt's confinement to a mental institution, his abduction by aliens while being replaced with an oversexed alien look-a-like on Earth, and getting blackmailed by the Mob after becoming sheriff of their small town.

* Super Moonies, German pop band

You may not have heard of the Moonies yet, but judging by the exuberance and pop sensibilities of their debut, you ’ ll be hearing of them in the future.

In 2009 The Daily Telegraph suggested that the Manchester City football club be nicknamed " The Blue Moonies " for their " evangelical zeal.

Sun Myung Moon ( also known, to their dislike, as the Moonies ).

In 2001, they changed their name to The Moonies, a name inspired by Banks ' affection and admiration of Keith Moon and were signed by Plastic Boot Records under the music management company Tri-Tone and Music Publisher EMI.

He questioned the tactics of anti-cultists and their claims over brainwashing in several books and articles coauthored with Anson Shupe, such as Strange Gods, Moonies in America, and The New Vigilantes.

" Judge Gerard L. Goettel instructed the jury that the case involved the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, and his followers, whom the judge stated were " sometimes referred to as Moonies.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, by 1989 Unification Church members preferred to be called " Unificationists " rather than " Moonies.

" In 1989 the Chicago Tribune was picketed after referring to members of the Unification Church as Moonies.

Because Moonies aren't as prevalent in our society today as they were several years ago ... some might mentioned the mass weddings performed by Sun Myung Moon.

Watabe said about her former religious affiliation: " We ' Moonies ' were willing to sacrifice personal choice to spin gold out of the raw silk of ourselves, to help create world harmony through family harmony.

She commented in the book's introduction: " Mention the name ' Moonies ' to anyone in the West today, and the chances are that you will receive an immediate reaction which falls somewhere between a delicate shudder and an indignant outburst of fury.

A 1992 study by Jeffrey E. Pfeifer of the University of Virginia on " The Psychological Framing of Cults " found that 75. 51 % ( 74 of 98 ) of participating individuals were familiar with the word " Moonies ".

Depending on the condition, subjects were led to believe that the group was either the Moonies, the Marines, or the Catholic Church.

* Dialogue with the Moonies Article by a Christian theologian which praises the character of Unification Church members, yet uses the word Moonie.

* Married to the Moonies 2011 British documentary.

In the 1990s, the Unification Church hired Dr. Abernathy as a spokesperson to protest the news media's use of the term " Moonies ", which they compared with the word " Nigger ".

In her 1984 book The Making of a Moonie: Choice or Brainwashing ?, based on close to seven years of study of Unification Church members ( informally called " Moonies ") in the United Kingdom and the United States.

The Moonies also toured the country several times with Buzzcocks and recorded a song featuring the vocals of Buzzcocks ' singer Pete Shelley, although the track was never officially released.

Unfortunately, Steve Banks left the group in 2005 and The Moonies disbanded.

Live music is popularly played on streets and at venues throughout Dublin in general, and the city has produced several musicians and groups of international success, including U2, one member of Westlife, The Dubliners, The Thrills, Horslips, Jedward, The Boomtown Rats, Boyzone, Ronan Keating, Thin Lizzy, Paddy Casey, Sinéad O ' Connor, The Script and My Bloody Valentine.

American jurist and 1924 Texas Republican gubernatorial nominee George C. Butte married and resided in Dublin for several years, and is interred at Live Oak Cemetery.

The original line up of Moore, Lunny, Irvine and O ’ Flynn would reunite 20 years later for a one-off show at The Royal Spa in Lisdoonvarna, which led to additional shows in Dublin, Belfast and County Clare in 2004, and London in January 2005, and the release of " Live 2004 " on DVD and CD.

Pleased with the results and the experience of playing together again, the original Planxty would stay together for almost two more years, which led to additional shows in Dublin, Belfast and County Clare in 2004, and London in January 2005, and the release of " Live 2004 " on DVD and CD.

* 1987: The Best of Planxty Live – a two-cassette live album compiled from shows at Olympia Theatre in Dublin, 18 – 23 August 1980.

During her years of study Ruth performed with world-class acts such as Rodrigo y Gabriela and featured on their ' Live in Manchester and Dublin ' album.

* Across the Broad Atlantic: Live on Paddy's Day-New York and Dublin ( with Shane MacGowan and the Popes, February 2002 )

These performances were recorded and compiled on a live album, VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin, which was released in the UK.

* 2002: VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin

The weaponry included Texas Cookin ' ( 1976 ), Guy Clark ( 1978 ), The South Coast of Texas ( 1981 ), Better Days ( 1983 ), Old Friends ( 1989 ), Boats to Build ( 1992 ), Dublin Blues ( 1995 ), Keepers-a Live Recording ( 1997 ), Cold Dog Soup ( 1999 ) and The Dark ( 2002 ).

* Christy Moore has written and recorded a song called " Veronica " which appears on his Live in Dublin ( 2006 ) CD.

* Across the Broad Atlantic: Live on Paddy's Day – New York and Dublin ( February 2002 )

Live was self-released by the group later that year, taken mostly from an October 1998 show in the National Stadium, Dublin, with one track from a November show in Tokyo.

Live album recorded in Dublin in 2005.

* Live in Dublin ( 1978 )

* Christy Moore Live In Dublin 2006 ( 2006 ) 143 mins-First time a live solo concert has been recorded and released outside CD format.

* ' The ( Missing ) Liberty Tapes ' ( 2003 ) Live at Liberty Hall, Dublin, July 21, 1978

* 2005 " Live From Dublin: A Tribute To Derek Bell " ( The Chieftains )

* Live in Dublin ( 2008 )

Guthrie's son Arlo Guthrie ( on his album Precious Friend with Pete Seeger ), Ghost Mice ( on their split EP with Defiance, Ohio ), The Duhks ( on their album Your Daughters & Your Sons ), and Christy Moore ( on his album Live in Dublin with Donal Lunny ).

* E Dulenn / À Dublin / Live In Dublin ( 1975 )

For the 2006 Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour, " Atlantic City " was drastically rearranged and featured multiple outros ; as such it appears on the Live in Dublin ( 2007 ) album.

*- Live in Dublin ( 1975 )