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Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult

Published May 7, 2026 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged " book, history, North Korea, personality cult

North Korea’s founder cribbed much of his god-king persona from Protestantism, according to this stimulating debut history. Wall Street Journal reporter Cheng traces Kim Il Sung’s totalitarian ruling style back to his boyhood growing up in the thriving Presbyterian Church…[Continue Reading...]

Ethel Cain and the haunting of religious trauma

Published August 26, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged " book, "Preachers Daughter, religious trauma

I don't know how to heal religious trauma. How do you begin to piece through decades of devotion? When the house of your belief is burned to the ground, the work of turning over the rubble, looking for valuables is…[Continue Reading...]

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Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult

Ethel Cain and the haunting of religious trauma