Migration, mediums and magic : a spirit-medium temple’s encounter and negotiation with Buddhism in post-independence Singapore

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Soh, Esmond Chuah Meng
• مؤلفون آخرون: Koh Keng We
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Nanyang Technological University 2019
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Humanities::Religions
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76645

This thesis is a microhistorical study of how the strategies and belief systems of a spirit-medium temple were transformed as its leadership positioned the organisation within a changing Chinese religious landscape. Notably, this syncretic temple existed in contrast to the Reformist Buddhist movemen...