Gorenfeld is the journalist who exposed the Capital Hill party for Moon, and gained the religious and political leader's personal enmity. Here he discusses the history and ongoing influence of his movement. The topics include the night they replaced Jesus, God forgives Richard Nixon, and Kim Jong-Il and the returning lord. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John Gorenfeld's Bad Moon Rising takes readers into the chilling Washington underworld of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, whose cult-like Unification Church calls him the True Father. Whether claiming endorsements from George Washington, pronouncing Jesus obsolete or dictating sex positions to his followers, Moon has pursued loopy schemes for decades. For the first time, Bad Moon Rising tells the full story of the reverend's coronation in U.S. Senate offices in 2004; his quest to become world leader; his founding of a media empire with the creation of The Washington Times and purchase of United Press International; and his unlikely influence on the GOP propaganda machine, financing the stories that make Fox News Channel. Although Beltway conservatives rarely acknowledge their embarrassing patron, Gorenfeld is not afraid to follow the money to famous names and shameful secrets, revealing a hidden saga of political corruption, lost souls, and megalomania.