Ways to change state religion?

[iLoveApples]

So I am playing as Ryukyu and all the nations surrounding Ayutthaya (Champa, Lan Xang, Lan Na, Pegu, Arankan, Shan and Dai Viet) have been vassalised by me. So far I have only annexed Champa and Pegu and as Okinawa is the only place where the Animist faith strives I want to convert to Hindu or Buddhism. I thought placing my capital in the richest territory I had (formerly belonging to Champa) would give me a decision to convert to the Hindu faith, but I can only change my culture.

Does changing my culture give me a chance to convert (seems unlikely)?
Or do I need to fire my Theologian and hope for religious rebels and wait several decades for them to convert me?
Options?

 

[Incompetent]

You can convert voluntarily between Catholic, Protestant and Reformed at the cost of 3 stability.

Countries in the same religion group (heretics) can be force-converted in a peace treaty.

With the Star and Crescent DLC, you can convert from Sunni to Shiite or vice versa by decision, but only if the religion you want to convert to is dominant.

Daimyo (not independent countries) can convert from Shinto to Catholic if it has become dominant.

Pagans can sometimes convert to a neighbour's religion by event (not sure if Eastern religions are an option here).

For other conversions, you need to drum up religious rebels and agree to their demands (I think they need to occupy a province before you can do this). Sacking your Theologian and putting a missionary on one of the provinces in order to rile them up is a good way to do this (make sure to cancel the missionary before he finishes).

 

[iLoveApples]

Alright, thanks, I know what to do now.

 

[Leninade]

I believe as of 1.5 you can't get religious rebels from another group until you're at 50% the other religion. My Russia got down to 70% religious unity with no religious rebels. It just adds to the nationalist chance.

 

[Saintrl]

I believe as of 1.5 you can't get religious rebels from another group until you're at 50% the other religion. My Russia got down to 70% religious unity with no religious rebels. It just adds to the nationalist chance.

Unless you have an active missionary in the province at which point that nationalist/patriot rebels turn into religious rebels.

 

[Rubidium]

Westernizing (in the specific case that you are pagan or animist) will also give you an event where you can choose to convert to a neighboring Christian religion. Of course that doesn't help with the Buddhist/Hindu problem, but on the other hand both of those religions are so much worse mechanically than any Christian (much less Muslim) religion, that it probably doesn't matter.

 

[Leninade]

Unless you have an active missionary in the province at which point that nationalist/patriot rebels turn into religious rebels.

Tried that, actually. I was fairly enthusiastic about forming Sunni Russia. Sounded fun.

 

[Saintrl]

Tried that, actually. I was fairly enthusiastic about forming Sunni Russia. Sounded fun.

Try forming Russia as one of the Sunni Steppe Hordes... It's a blast.

 

[iLoveApples]

I believe as of 1.5 you can't get religious rebels from another group until you're at 50% the other religion. My Russia got down to 70% religious unity with no religious rebels. It just adds to the nationalist chance.

My religious unity is 9% so that won't be a problem .

Well, I converted, a stab hit of 3 which was hard to change since every stability point costed me 200 admin points :/.
But aside from my capital, Panduranga, everything is Buddhist.