Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains From the Straits Settlements to Singapore /
The historical and empirical project presented here is grounded in a desire to theorize ‘religion-state’ relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore. The core research problematic of this project has emerged out of the confluence of two domains, ‘religion, law and...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2011.
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Σειρά: | ARI - Springer Asia Series ;
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Acknowledgement
- List of abbreviations
- List of table, maps and figures
- Chapter 1: Making Sense of Religion and State Encounters: Locating Religions in Secular Nation-states
- Chapter 2: Governance in the Straits Settlements, 1796-1874
- Chapter 3: The 'Religious Question' in the Starits Settlements
- Chapter 4: The Modammedan and Hindu Endowments Ordinance, 1906: Recourse to Legislation
- Chapter 5: Mohammedan and Hindu Endowments Board, 1905-1968: The Singapore Experience
- Chapter 6: Constructing Hinduism in Singapore: Legitimating Agamic Temples and Tai Pucam
- Chapter 7: Religion, Law and Bureaucracy
- Glossary
- References
- Index.