I thought they were Buddhist but all the south koreans that I have met have been Christian. Does anyone know what South Korea's religious makeup is???
2007-06-12 10:48:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Korea
This link will provide percentages for you.
http://atheism.about.com/library/world/KZ/bl_SKoreaIndex.htm
2007-06-12 14:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Christianity thing will confuse you until you understand the history of the missionary here in Korea. They were quite successful here.
to this day, if you are an Ex-Pat, you can not find top, international primary education for your children without a Christian affiliation.
Seoul Foreign School is known to be the top-rated school for 3 - 18 years and it was founded, and continues to be run by a board of Missionaries.
In my experience, it is a good thing, but more and more Ex-pats are moving into Korea with various religious backgrounds and there is bound to be a change eventually.
2007-06-12 23:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
South Korea, as other countries are, is made up of a variety of religions. Buddhism and Christianity are the two biggest religions in terms of how many people follow each religions principles, etc. However, Confucianism is largly popular as well. Confucianism is considered more of a moral philiosophy than a certain type of religion. Confucianism is very popular in Korea and it is evident in the people's beliefs. You can easily see it in their everyday life. (I.e- the importance of elders, education, etc.)
The other religions found in Korea are mostly a blend of different religious systems. Some other prominant, but less followed, religions are Daoism, the Unification Church, and Mahayana. (They all are forms of different religions. I.e Mahayana is a form of Buddism)
In short, majority of organized religion in Korea is Buddhism and Christianity. If you consider moral philosophy, Confucianism is also a key one.
2007-06-12 18:42:42 · answer #3 · answered by RIP 박용하 ㅠㅠ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll just make this short...
Buddhists and Christians make up of the South Korean society. There are also a small number of indigenous beliefs/shamanism and Muslims...
Atheism is also a growing 'trend' these days...
Hope this helps.
2007-06-15 05:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christian is 41%
Indeginous Beliefs is16%
Buddhist is 15%
Confucianist is 11%
None religious is 2%
others is 15%
2007-06-15 06:42:06 · answer #5 · answered by ces06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This website lists the statistics at the bottom:
http://countrystudies.us/south-korea/43.htm
2007-06-12 17:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by Rabbityama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are a combination of confucian and catholic. they are actually more confucian than people in china, where confucianism came from. there is some buddhism, yes. one thing about a lot of asian countries as they really combine elements of 1 to 3 different religions without any difficulty. all in all they are still rather traditional, despite also being very trendy and fashionable.
2007-06-12 17:57:11 · answer #7 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I wish the rest of the world was like the situation JD said. Would save a lot of fighting.
2007-06-12 17:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
mostly christian
2007-06-12 17:58:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
we even have orthodox
2007-06-12 18:24:35 · answer #10 · answered by killy gonso 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋