The eternal mother and the state: circumventing religious management in Singapore

• Main Author: Lim, Francis Khek Gee
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98836; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12569
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Most modern states have policies for the management of religion. For those with diverse religious communities, how to ensure the peaceful coexistence of the various religions becomes an important challenge for governments. Hence, modern secular states often delineate a proper “domain” for religion i...