Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-1992
Abstract
The study of human environmental experiences has engaged a range of disciplinary attention, with work deriving chiefly from environmental psychologists and geographers. However, most research has focused on the sensory aspects of environmental experience, while the intangible, immeasurable experiences of environments have been somewhat neglected. Certainly, the meanings and values that are invested in places, which form part of the interaction between humans and environments, have not been sufficiently researched. My intention in this paper is to address one aspect of this silence, namely the ways in which humans experience their religious environments, and more particularly, the symbolic meanings and values that individuals invest in their religious buildings. I will use Singapore as a case study to explore these issues because Singapore's colourful multi-religious setting provides abundant interesting material for comparative analysis.
Keywords
Religious buildings, Singapore, human experiences
Discipline
Asian Studies | Religion | Urban Studies
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science
Volume
20
Issue
1
First Page
18
Last Page
42
ISSN
1568-4849
Identifier
10.1163/080382492X00022
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Citation
Kong, Lily.(1992). The Sacred and the Secular: Exploring Contemporary Meanings and Values for Religious Buildings in Singapore. Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, 20(1), 18-42.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1817
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1163/080382492X00022