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In 1988, the New Bible Translation Project was constituted by the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Korea. The new translation begun in 1989 and completed in late 2002. In 2005, the Korean Catholic Bible was released to the public through 17-year efforts which original texts(the Hebrew Bible and Greek Old/New Testaments) are fully translated ...
1997 - True Bible (바른 성경) Korean Society of the Holy Bible (KSHB; not to be confused with KBS) (한국성경공회) [7] 1998 - NKRV New Korean Revised Version (개역개정) KBS. Some archaic words are revised into contemporary words, but the old-fashioned literary style of the Korean Revised Version is still retained.
The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 million [1] [2] and 5.8 million [3] members, respectively.
The New York Times reports that even though the church officially broke with the age-old practice -- you do something good, and the Church will help absolve you -- in 1960, the Pope has quietly ...
The roots of shamanism on the Korean peninsula go back at least 2,000 years, said Han. ... which about 40% of South Koreans say they are followers of - are more influential in society, yet do not ...
In South Korea, going to a funeral involves praying for the deceased person to rest in heaven, and is related to filial piety. Funerals and rituals are ceremonies organized by family and it is considered their responsibility to oversee them. Recently, funeral customs have significantly changed.
There are currently 47,406 Korean Americans residing in South Korea, up from 35,501 in 2010, according to data from the Ministry of Justice. They are driving the record high number of diaspora ...
According to scholars, South Korean censuses do not count believers in indigenous Korean shamanism and underestimate the number of adherents of Korean shamanism sects. [16] Otherwise, statistics compiled by the ARDA [ 17 ] estimate that as of 2010, 14.7% of South Koreans practice ethnic religion, 14.2% adhere to new movements, and 10.9% ...