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J.S. Kim

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A Spatial Analysis of Shamans in South Korea’s Religious Market

Religions October 21, 2025 J.S. Kim, Yuanfei Li, Fenggang Yang

This study examined the spatial distribution of shamanic practice in contemporary South Korea, focusing on its territorial relationship with institutional religions. Contrary to portrayals of shamanism as a rural remnant or as absorbed by Pentecostal Christianity, population-adjust maps and spatial models reveal substantial concentrations in urban and peri-urban districts. Drawing on a geocoded...