Idolatry Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Chinese and Sinosphere Traditions == {{Expand section|date=August 2022}} === North Korean Juche === {{main article|Juche}} [[Kim Il-Sung|Kim Il Sung]] instituted [[North Korean cult of personality|worship of himself]] amongst the citizens of North Korea, and this act is considered the only instance of a modern country deifying its ruler.<ref name="He Feng 2013 p. 62">{{cite book | last1=He | first1=K. | last2=Feng | first2=H. | title=Prospect Theory and Foreign Policy Analysis in the Asia Pacific: Rational Leaders and Risky Behavior | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-135-13119-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAaHqijyLy8C&pg=PA62 | access-date=2023-02-12 | page=62}}</ref><ref name="Floru 2017 p. 7">{{cite book | last=Floru | first=JP | title=The Sun Tyrant: A Nightmare Called North Korea | publisher=Biteback Publishing | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-78590-288-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-EoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 | access-date=2023-02-13 | page=7}}</ref><ref name="Vantage Point 1982 p. ">{{cite book | title=Vantage Point | publisher=Naewoe Press | issue=v. 5-6 | year=1982 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5blwAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2023-02-13 | page=}}</ref> As many citizens frequently bow before statues and portraits of him, scholars have considered the Juche state religion to be a form of idolatry.<ref name="Becker 2005 p. 182">{{cite book | last=Becker | first=J. | title=Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-19-029099-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwjiBwAAQBAJ&q=%22complete+and+total+idolatry%22&pg=PT182 | access-date=2023-02-17 | page=182}}</ref><ref name="Yeo Chubb 2018 p. 262">{{cite book | last1=Yeo | first1=A. | last2=Chubb | first2=D. | title=North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2018 | isbn=978-1-108-69284-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzNlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA262 | access-date=2023-02-17 | page=262}}</ref><ref name="Rees 1976 p. ">{{cite book | last=Rees | first=D. | title=North Korea, Undermining the Truce | publisher=Institute for the Study of Conflict | series=Conflict studies | year=1976 | isbn=978-0-903366-43-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0kvAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2023-02-17 | page=}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page