Table of Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Inventing A Religious Tradition; Part 2: State, Society And Religious Engineering; Part 3: Towards A Reformist Buddhism; 10. Conclusion; Glossary; Postscript to theSecond Edition:Towards a Humanist andSocially-engaged Buddhism; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The book looks at how religion in Singapore is being subjected to the processes of modernisation and change. The Singapore State has consciously brought religion under its guidance. It has exercised strong bureaucratic and legal control over the functioning of all religions in Singapore. The Chinese community and the Buddhist Sangha have responded to this by restructuring their temple institutions into large multi-functional temple complexes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-328) and index
