The Japanese concept of religion differs significantly from that of Western culture. However, Hindu traditions, such as yoga and Vedanta, sparked Koreans’ interest in Indian culture. Buddhism functioned to affirm the state’s power and mold its position in the broader culture of East Asia. Geographically, the Sunni/Shia picture differs across the Middle East and the rest of the world (see graphic, above). Koreans don’t like to admit they believe in Confucianism but you can still see some presence of Confucian influence throughout Korean society. Korean Catholics can still keep the traditional ritual of worshipping ancestors, just like Catholics in the Chinese world; on the contrary, Protestants have completely abandoned the ritual of worshipping ancestors. Jewish American soldiers came to the Korean peninsula. However, not an exact time frame can be pinpointed but it is estimated that Confucianism came to the peninsula prior to the Three Kingdoms period. After the establishment of a communist regime in the north of the Korean peninsula, it is estimated that more than one million South Korean Christians fled to the south of the peninsula to escape the persecution of Christianity in North Korea. 234-235 The largest new religion, Soka Gakkai, a Buddhist sect founded in 1930, gathers around 4 million members.

The largest mosque in South Korea is the Seoul Central Mosque, and there are also smaller mosques in other cities. The golden age of Confucianism in Korea was during the Joseon Dynasty. Sui dynasty becoming the crucial power on the mainland. Protestant missionaries arrived in the Joseon Dynasty in 1880, and they and Catholic missionaries converted a large number of Koreans to Christianity. They are concentrated mainly in large urban centers in the Northeast, such as Salvador, Recife, or Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast. Some think people die and are reincarnated as various plants and animals, while others believe humans only come back as other humans. Christianity saw a huge increase in the number of people professing it in the 1970s and 1980s. Growth continued in the 1990s, but at a slow pace, with numbers declining since the beginning of the twenty-first century. Christianity is an important religion in regions including Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Province, and Honam.

Religion in Japan is manifested primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously. Buddhist. Syncretic combinations of both, known generally as shinbutsu-shūgō, are common; they represented Japan’s dominant religion before the rise of State Shinto in the 19th century. According to estimates, as many as 70% of the populace follow Shinto rituals to some degree, worshiping ancestors and spirits at domestic altars and public shrines. Although the vast majority of Japanese citizens follow Shinto, only some 3% identify as Shinto in surveys, because the term is understood to imply membership of organized Shinto sects. 223,831 priests and leaders of the new religions in Japan, three times the number of traditional Shinto priests. These new religions also provided cohesion through a unified doctrine and practice shared by the nationwide community. The Jewish community in South Korea is very small, only in the Seoul area.

The Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church established schools, hospitals, and orphanages in Korea and played an important role in the modernization of Korea. During the Japanese occupation period, Korean Christians played an important role in the struggle for independence. Petunia’s first real role in the show was in 2005, where she played the “Ruth” character of the feature “Duke & The Great Pie War.” She is considered the strong young female lead of the show. As a result, it might lead to negative results, which is extremely bad for an individual. There are two Hindu temples in the Seoul area. South Korea’s Hindu believers are mainly Indian and Nepalese migrant workers living in South Korea. The authenticity of the Hindu scriptures is seen as uncertain. There was a revival of Confucianism in the late 1990s and some practices can still be seen being exhibited today such as funeral rites (which are a mixture of both Christian and Confucianism) and the concept of filial piety.