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'@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ {{Culture of Korea}} -'''Religion in Korea''' refers the various religious traditions practiced on the [[Korean Peninsula|Korean peninsula]]. The oldest indigenous religion of [[Korea]] is [[Korean shamanism]], which has been passed down from prehistory to the present.{{sfnp|Yu|2012|p=41}} [[Buddhism]] was introduced to Korea from China during the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Three Kingdoms]] era in the 4th century, and the religion flourished until the [[Joseon]] Dynasty, when [[Korean Confucianism]] became the state religion.{{sfnp|Encyclopaedia Britannica|2008|p=162}} During the Late Joseon Dynasty, in the 19th century, [[Christianity]] began to gain a foothold in Korea.{{sfnp|Kim|2012}} While both Christianity and Buddhism would play important roles in the resistance to the [[Japanese occupation of Korea]] in the first half of the 20th century,{{sfnp|Yu|2012|p=xv}} only about 4% of Koreans were members of a religious organization in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Making Sense of the Secular: Critical Perspectives from Europe to Asia|last=Baker|first=Don|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1136277214|editor-last=Ghosh|editor-first=Ranjan|location=|pages=182–193|chapter=Korea's Path of Secularisation|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0v7ipRmW6M0C&pg=PA184&dq=page182}}</ref> +'''Religion in Korea''' refers the various religious traditions practiced on the [[Korean Peninsula|Korean peninsula]]. The oldest indigenous religion of [[Korea]] is the [[Korean folk religion]], which has been passed down from prehistory to the present.{{sfnp|Yu|2012|p=41}} [[Korean Buddhism|Buddhism]]<nowiki/>was introduced to Korea from China during the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Three Kingdoms]] era in the 4th century, and the religion flourished until the [[Joseon]] Dynasty, when [[Korean Confucianism|Confucianism]] became the state religion.{{sfnp|Encyclopaedia Britannica|2008|p=162}} During the Late Joseon Dynasty, in the 19th century, [[Christianity in Korea|Christianity]] began to gain a foothold in Korea.{{sfnp|Kim|2012}} While both Christianity and Buddhism would play important roles in the resistance to the [[Japanese occupation of Korea]] in the first half of the 20th century,{{sfnp|Yu|2012|p=xv}} only about 4% of Koreans were members of a religious organization in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Making Sense of the Secular: Critical Perspectives from Europe to Asia|last=Baker|first=Don|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-1136277214|editor-last=Ghosh|editor-first=Ranjan|location=|pages=182–193|chapter=Korea's Path of Secularisation|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0v7ipRmW6M0C&pg=PA184&dq=page182}}</ref> -Since the [[division of Korea]] into two sovereign states in 1945—[[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]]—religious life in the two countries has diverged, shaped by different political structures. [[Religion in South Korea]] has been characterized by a rise of Christianity and a revival of Buddhism, though the majority of South Koreans have [[Irreligion in South Korea|no religious affiliation]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCBe9w9C2UkC&printsec=frontcover|title=Korean Spirituality|last=Baker|first=Donald L.|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0824832339|location=|pages=3–4}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1PM1502&conn_path=I2|title=성, 연령 및 종교별 인구 - 시군구|last=|first=|date=2015|website=Korean Statistical Information Service|language=ko|trans-title=Population by Gender, Age, and Religion - City/Country|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref> [[Religion in North Korea]] is characterized by [[state atheism]] in which [[Freedom of religion in North Korea|freedom of religion]] is nonexistent. ''[[Juche]]'' ideology, which promotes the [[North Korean cult of personality]], is regarded by experts as the national religion.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2017.USCIRFAnnualReport.pdf|title=Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|last=|first=|publisher=United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|year=2017|isbn=|location=|pages=56}}</ref> +Since the [[division of Korea]] into two sovereign states in 1945—[[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]]—religious life in the two countries has diverged, shaped by different political structures. [[Religion in South Korea]] has been characterized by a rise of Christianity and a revival of Buddhism, though the majority of South Koreans have [[Irreligion in South Korea|no religious affiliation]] or follow folk religions.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCBe9w9C2UkC&printsec=frontcover|title=Korean Spirituality|last=Baker|first=Donald L.|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0824832339|location=|pages=3–4}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1PM1502&conn_path=I2|title=성, 연령 및 종교별 인구 - 시군구|last=|first=|date=2015|website=Korean Statistical Information Service|language=ko|trans-title=Population by Gender, Age, and Religion - City/Country|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref> [[Religion in North Korea]] is characterized by [[state atheism]] in which [[Freedom of religion in North Korea|freedom of religion]] is nonexistent. ''[[Juche]]'' ideology, which promotes the [[North Korean cult of personality]], is regarded by experts as a kind of national religion.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2017.USCIRFAnnualReport.pdf|title=Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|last=|first=|publisher=United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|year=2017|isbn=|location=|pages=56}}</ref> ==References== '