Wikipedia's article on the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, consulted 2026-08-16, naming the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2018 religion survey (12 million nominal followers, 2019-01-14) and a 2017 Hyundae Bulgyo report (260,000 formally registered followers) as its sources for the order's following.
Facts
Citation
AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogye_Order
Source Typeencyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three, a continuously community-edited tertiary reference, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used here only for two figures it names an identifiable underlying primary for: the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2018 religion survey and a named 2017 Hyundae Bulgyo article, both checkable, not for any genuinely contested point. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Jogye Order directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, consulted 2026-08-16, naming the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2018 religion survey (12 million nominal followers, 2019-01-14)..."
This source names Korean directly: "article on the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, consulted 2026-08-16, naming the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2018 religion survey (12 million nominal followers, 2019-01-14) and a 2017..."
Claims Backed By This Source (29 claims)
This source backs 29 claims across the atlas. As facts: 26 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Denominations, 20 claims: 19 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
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