Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2000
Abstract
In this paper, we use the case of Chinese religion in Singapore to examine the relationships between religion and modernity, and between social processes, on the one hand, and spatial conceptions, forms and structures and temporal practices, on the other. Specifically, we look at how traditional Chinese rituals are being modified, reinterpreted and invented to fit with modern living. Such ritual transformations entail reconstructed notions of space and time. Through such transformations, modernity does not simply lead to the demise of religious beliefs and practices but allows for a continued role for religion in providing a meaning system for Chinese religionists in Singapore.
Keywords
Chinese Religion, Modernity, Rituals, Singapore, Space, Time
Discipline
Asian Studies | Human Geography | Religion | Urban Studies
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Social and Cultural Geography
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
29
Last Page
44
ISSN
1464-9365
Identifier
10.1080/14649369950133476
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation
Tong, Chee Kiong, & Kong, Lily.(2000). Religion and Modernity: Ritual Transformations and the Reconstruction of Space and Time. Social and Cultural Geography, 1(1), 29-44.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1820
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/14649369950133476