List of converts to Christianity from Confucianism information
This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Confucianism. It is debated whether Confucianism is a religion and some Confucians who became Christians considered themselves to remain Confucian in philosophy.
Name
Notes
Hong Sa-ik
Korean-Japanese World War II general who was executed for war crimes after the war[1]
Heup Young Kim
Theologian and member of the International Society for Science and Religion[2]
Nakamura Masanao
Member of the Meirokusha who was baptized; largely retained the Confucian ideals that were compatible with Christianity[3]
Sun Myung Moon
Raised Korean Confucianist before his family (including himself) converted to Presbyterianism, before later he founded Unification Movement (Christian New religious movement) later his life[4]
Xi Shengmo
Chinese Christian leader[5]
^Kim, Young-Sik, Ph.D. (2003). "The US-Korea relations: 1910–1945: A brief history of the US-Korea relations prior to 1945". Association for Asian Research. Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-11-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Interview Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine "I had a religious conversion and became a Christian. Before I followed Confucianism"
^Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
^Unification Church: Mass Moonie Marriage in the US, BBC News, Saturday, 29 November 1997.
^One of China's Scholars: The Culture & Conversion of a Confucianist
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