State, Society and Religious Engineering : : Towards a Reformist Buddhism in Singapore /

State, Society and Religious Engineering : : Towards a Reformist Buddhism in Singapore / / Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng.

The book looks at how religion in Singapore is being subjected to the processes of modernisation and change. The Singapore State has consciously brought religion under its guidance. It has exercised strong bureaucratic and legal control over the functioning of all religions in Singapore. The Chinese...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Khun Eng, Kuah-Pearce,
MitwirkendeR:
Eng, Kuah-Pearce Khun,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (351 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Diagrams
  • Note on Romanisation
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
  • Introduction
  • PART 1: INVENTING A RELIGIOUS TRADITION
  • 1. Reinventing Chinese Syncretic Religion: Shenism
  • 2. Communicating with Gods, Deities and Spirits
  • PART 2: STATE, SOCIETY AND RELIGIOUS ENGINEERING
  • 3. Bureaucratising the Temple and the Sangha
  • 4. Establishing an Ethno-Religious Framework and the Religious Law
  • 5. Buddhist Welfare and Charity
  • 6. Experimenting with Religious Values as Asian Values
  • PART 3: TOWARDS A REFORMIST BUDDHISM
  • 7. Towards a Reformist Buddhism
  • 8. Members and Their Religiosity
  • 9. Competing Claims of Modernity and Class Identity: 271 Christianity versus Reformist Buddhism
  • Conclusion
  • Postscript to the Second Edition: Towards a Humanist and Socially-engaged Buddhism
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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