religious traditions practiced on the Korean peninsula. The oldest indigenous religion of Korea is the Korean folk religion (a version of Shamanism), which...
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with a formal religion. According to a 2023 Korea Research's regular survey 'Public Opinion in Public Opinion', 51% identify with no religion, 20% with Protestantism...
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statistics of religions in North Korea. Officially, North Korea is an atheist state, although its constitution guarantees free exercise of religion, provided...
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Korean shamanism, also known as musok (Korean: 무속; Hanja: 巫俗) or Mu-ism (무교; 巫敎; Mugyo), is a religion from Korea. Scholars of religion classify it as...
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Freedom of religion in North Korea (DPRK) is officially a right in North Korea. In 2022, the UN secretary-general reported that the country's "right to...
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Freedom of religion in South Korea is provided for in the South Korean constitution; the South Korean government has generally respected this right in practice...
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Freedom of religion in Korea may refer to: Freedom of religion in South Korea Freedom of religion in North Korea This disambiguation page lists articles...
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needed] in 1785 by Yi Seung-hun and French and Chinese Catholic priests were soon invited by the Korean Christians. Joseon royalty saw the new religion as...
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Religion in Japan is manifested primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously. According...
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Korean new religions are new religious movements established in Korea. In Korean, they are called shinheung jonggyo ("new religions" 新興宗教). Most of these...
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Irreligion in South Korea is common, with 56% percent of the population saying they are not affiliated with a religion, as of the 2015 national census...
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Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...
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The Catholic Church in South Korea (called Cheonjugyo, Korean: 천주교; Hanja: 天主教; lit. Religion of the Lord of Heaven) is part of the worldwide Catholic...
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the Korean people.[citation needed] However, its influence waned with the introduction of Buddhism during the Goryeo kingdom as the national religion and...
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Hinduism is a minority religion in Korea. There are 24,414 Indians in South Korea, most of whom are Hindus. Through Buddhism, it has also had an indirect...
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Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism that emerged and developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history...
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Kingdoms Period, from where it was transmitted to Japan. In Korea, it was adopted as the state religion of 3 constituent polities of the Three Kingdoms Period...
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...
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new religions of East Asia and Southeast Asia such as Korean shamanism, Chondogyo, and Jeung San Do in Korea; indigenous Philippine folk religions in the...
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Islam (Korean: 이슬람교) is a minor religion in South Korea and North Korea. The Muslim community is centered in Seoul and Busan and there are a few mosques...
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Sexuality in South Korea has been influenced by culture, religion, and westernization. Viewpoints in contemporary society can be viewed as a conflict between...
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Donghak (category Religion in Korea)
of Confucian teachings, it gradually evolved into a religion known today as Cheondoism in Korea under the third patriarch Son Byong-hi. Joseon, which...
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Cheondoism (category Religion in Korea)
(spelled Chondoism in North Korea; Korean: 천도교; lit. Religion of the Celestial Way) is a 20th-century Korean pantheistic religion, based on the 19th-century...
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eliminate indigenous shamanism and folk religions. In Korean, the movement is called misin tapa undong (Korean: 미신 타파 운동; Hanja: 迷信打破運動; lit. movement...
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population) and is now the predominant religion in South Korea, Christianity is also a large minority religion in Lebanon accounting for 40% of its population...
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List of religious populations (redirect from Religion populations)
people without religion, including agnostics and atheists, from Irreligion by country (as of 2020[update]): Czech Republic 78.4% North Korea 71.3% Estonia...
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In the study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions or Taoic religions, form a subset of the Eastern religions, who originated in East Asia...
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Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of...
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Religion in China is diverse and most Chinese people are either non-religious or practice a combination of Buddhism and Taoism with a Confucian worldview...
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