Engaging Religion with Pragmatism: The Singapore State’s Management of Social Issues and Religious Tensions in the 1980s

• Main Author: Mohammad Alami Musa
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Moral Crisis; Pragmatism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85479; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43711
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Singapore state’s relationship with religion has been one of pragmatism, rooted in the realities of the country’s multi-racial and multi-religious society. This was clearly evident in the 1980s when Singapore was confronted with many challenging issues of morality and the practice of religion. O...