Christian Dogma Meets Kimilsungism

Although anecdotal evidence suggests that substantially fewer North Koreans — inside or outside the country — feel the same way about Kim’s grandson, Jong Un Kim, the endurance of the Kim dynasty across three generations cannot be attributed solely to brute force. Cheng’s book is an indispensable guide to understanding the methods by which the North Korean regime captured at least some of the hearts and minds of the residents of what had once been one of the most rapidly Christianized parts of the world.