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The deviation from the traditionally religious South Korean culture and demographics is the rise of atheism. Previous to this sudden change, A Cohort Analysis of Religious Population Change in Korea [46] launched by the Korean Citation Index analyzed South Korean religious demographics from 1999 to 2015. The data from the study focused on ...
The Republic of Korea is a member party to the UN multilateral treaty International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which provides that every individual has the right and freedom to adopt a religion or belief of his/ her choice and to manifest his/ her religion or belief either individually or in community with others, either in public or private (article 18), every individual ...
In the heyday of the Goryeo Dynasty, Buddhism was the state religion of Korea. A significant religious historical event of the Goryeo period is the production of the first woodblock edition of the Tripiṭaka called the Tripitaka Koreana. Two editions were made, the first one completed from 1210 to 1231, and the second one from 1214 to 1259.
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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.
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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 religious sects started during the late period of the Joseon Dynasty , due to traditionalist backlash against Catholicism and political activists looking for new ways to express faith .