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Rationalizing Religion
副标题: Religious Conversion, Revivalism and Competition in Singapore Society
ISBN: 9789004156944
出版社: Brill
出版年: 2007-4
页数: 326
定价: 80
装帧: Pap
内容简介
Disputing the secularization hypothesis, this book examines the relationship between religion and modernity, detailing and explaining religious conversion, revivalism, and religious competition in Singapore.There is intellectualization of religion, a shift from unthinking acceptance to rationalized religions.
作者简介
Tong Chee Kiong teaches at the Department of Sociology National University of Singapore. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University, USA. Tong's research interests focus on ethnicity and religion. His publications include Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore ( 2004) and Alternate Identities: The Chinese of Contemporary Thailand (Brill 2001). Tong has published papers in British Journal of Sociology, Diaspora, International Sociology and International Migration Review.
目录
Intro
Chapter One Rationalizing Religion
Chapter Two Religions in Singapore: An Analysis
Chapter Three Religious Conversion
Chapter Four Religious Participation and Religiosity
Chapter Five Traditional Chinese Customs and Rites
Chapter Six Religion and the State
Chapter Seven Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
