Knowledge@SMU
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
5-2010
Abstract
There seems to be something about speaking in tongues, prophesy, sing-a-longs and loud music bands that augurs well with the well-heeled, educated, middle-class, ethnic Chinese Southeast Asian. Juliette Koning, a visiting professor at SMU, and her colleague first took notice of this as they were conducting research in the region; of how urban and upwardly mobile ethnic Chinese communities seemed to be drawn to this particular brand of Christian worship. An in-depth study that followed confirmed their observations. What's more, they found that while church attendances all across Asia have been expanding rapidly, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia are said to have some of the world's fastest-growing Christian communities.
Disciplines
Law
Copyright Owner and Holder
Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012
Licece/Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Article ID
1288
Subject(s)
Law and Public Policy
Citation
Knowledge@SMU.
Understanding the rapid rise of Charismatic Christianity in Southeast Asia. (2010).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/242