Koreans Kim Dae-Jung and Syngman Rhee also practiced this religion, which experienced a "conversion boom" in Korea in the 1980s.
Shusako Endo's novels discuss the persecution of this religion, which was banned during the Edo Period. Its Vietnamese followers included South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, whose government was protested by self-immolating monks. Koreans Kim Dae-Jung and Syngman Rhee also practiced this religion, which experienced a "conversion boom" in Korea in the 1980s. Its most famous Asian follower was Hong Xiuquan, who led the Taiping Rebellion. FTP, name this religion brought to Asia by missionaries like Matteo Ricci and Francis Xavier.
Shusako Endo's novels discuss the persecution of this religion, which was banned during the Edo Period.
{Christianity} (accept {Roman Catholicism} before the mention of Syngman Rhee, who was a Methodist)