The Influence of Shamanism in the Korean Adventist Church

In spite of the effort by the military government between 1961 and 1980 to eradicate shamanism because it considered it to be mere superstition, shamanism continues to be practiced in Korean Society. Recently, the newspapers have reported the resurrection of shamanism under titles such as "Shamanism Enjoys Revival in Techno-Savvy South Korea" (Choe 2007) and "Korean Shamanism Finds New Life in Modern Era" (Park 2012). In reality, there has never been a time when shamanism ceased to be practiced in Korea.