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

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Mohammad Alami Musa
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Working Paper
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2017
• الموضوعات: Moral Crisis; Pragmatism
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85479; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43711
• المؤسسة: 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...