Juche: The North Korean Religion Juche is one of the largest religions of the world with 19 million followers, whom are mostly North Korean. Its literal translation in English is “self-reliance”. This is translated in practice by North Korea to conduct itself as an independent, self-reliant nation. Juche was founded by the late North Korean President Kim Il Sung as a communist related revolutionary philosophy that formed the basis of the political ideology of the dictatorship …showed first 75 words of 754 total…

…showed last 75 words of 754 total…doesn’t fulfill is that Juche offers no views towards death. There seems to be no prevalent stance that Juche takes towards the concept of death. Juche fulfills all but one of the criteria Oxtoby describes as components of religion. It is more than just a political ideology as suggested by those promoting it. It is the national religion of North Korea. It influences all aspects of the lives of its followers in North Korea.