Tokugawa Ieyasu (the first Shogun although at this time he had abdicated his formal position to his son) issued the first of a harsh series of anti-missionary edicts in 1614. ): Why was Christianity only picked up by only a handful of clans, like the Otomo? This week Pope Francis will spend five days there, for Asian Youth Day and to beatify 124 early martyrs. Pre-Millennial South Koreans seem to despise liberals from what I've experienced, irrespective of whether they're religious or not. SOUTH KOREA, a dynamo of growth, is also afire with faith.

The fact that Christianity was leveled up as almost a state religion was obviously constructed after the Korean war. So Korean could be Buddhists, Confucianist, Tengrinists, Taoists, Shintoists, Christians, Communists for whatever the superpower is practicing.

Just my experiences in Europe & Central Asia. On 1 March 1919, an assembly of 33 religious and professional leaders known as the "March 1 Movement" passed a Declaration of independence. Catholic Church in South Korea - Wikipedia. Why is Jesus so popular? Even Yoido’s founder, David Cho, was convicted in February of embezzling $12m. Though Christianity did play a certain role during the Japanese occupation for conducting the anti-Japan activities, don’t forget that the majority of Korean, including most of the founding fathers, were pro-Japan during that time and the majority that contributed most against Japan were Communists. In the 18th century curious intellectuals encountered Catholicism in Beijing and smuggled it home. @Flimzy Agreed that the West no longer has a monopoly on missions. Belief’s farther shores include the Unification Church, soon to mark the anniversary of its founder Sun-myung Moon’s "ascension". USAmericans have bought the South Koreans hope during World War and the Korean War, and USA's faith is supposidly in Jesus. When did Christianity become a presence in Ancient Rome? Ultimately this essentially eradicated Christianity during this time. Why did Christianity finally become Rome's state religion. If you can reach google behind the great fire wall, you should google ‘Catholicism in S Korea’. But today, in South Korea alone, there are 10 to 12 million Christians -- about 25% of the population. IIRC Matteo Ricci gave books to a Korean envoy in 1603 which he brought back. Who knows. There was an emphasis on Showa, so the Koreans would revered the Japanese emperor. All rights reserved. And all the South Korean Presidents were either jailed, suicided, assassinated for the collision of all sort of domestic and foreign interests, especially if they dare to make a move on improving the relationship with North Korean or disobey the US. I suspect a very influential factor is how Christianity was linked to Korean nationalism in opposition of the Japan occupation and the effort to eradicate Korean culture. For more than six weeks, an obscure Christian sect widely described as a cult has dominated the news in South Korea. Even though my own relatives were telling me this, I surprisingly could not find much evidence online to confirm such persecution of Christians in SK during WW2. Under Li’s leadership, South Korea started to provoke the North which eventually triggered the North to strike, and then the US intervened. For example, South Korean true founding father was 金九, who was a true nationalist and was actually keeping a good relationship with the Communists in North Korea and was leading the ceasefire between the North and South and pushed for a reunification. The similar situation happened in Japan that the US had to rely on ex Japanese far-right militarists to control Japan against the wave of Communists. For sure, it does make people more aware of mortality, but that is not. If I recall from my 'Perspectives on World Mission' class about 3 years ago, most missionaries come from Brazil or other parts of Latin America, and Asia. This policy was one of complete isolationism with absolute bans on foreign travel and return to Japan as well as a on foreign entry to Japan. Would you say the American involvement in the Korean War also played a part in making Christianity look attractive to the native population? It only takes a minute to sign up. One More Question (and sorry for tacking these on, but I don't feel like they warrant another topic! It is a man-made, politicized project to seek to control South Korea. Why is Christianity so popular in (South) Korea? Korea's Christian population is mostly Protestants. When the trend in superpower is changed or the current superpower is replaced by another, the trend in Korea would also change correspondingly.

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