Rethinking the inclusionary potential of religious institutions: The case of gurdwaras in Singapore

• Main Authors: SHEE, Siew Ying, WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/154; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1153/viewcontent/IRR_Issue_30_July_Dec_2022.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Whilst Singapore’s Sikh community is relatively small, it is also heterogeneous. Its diversity reflects differences in ancestral and socio-economic backgrounds. As spaces of worship that regularly bring together the Sikh community in space and time, Sikh temples—gurdwaras––are often conceived as imp...