Squeezed out by the market, seeking strength in the network: Makeshift temples and the spatio-affective logics of survival in Singapore

• Main Authors: GAO, Quan, WOODS, Orlando, KONG, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: affect; Chinese religion; makeshift temples; religious market; Singapore; Asian Studies; Human Geography; Religion
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/20
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper offers an understanding of the spatio-affective workings of religious organisations – and the marketplaces they operate in and through – that go beyond capitalist logics. We do so by examining how makeshift temples representing various forms of ‘Chinese religion’ survive in Singapore. Cap...