Singapore, Spirituality, and the Space of the State: Soul of the Little Red Dot

by Joanne Punzo Waghorne

Book Overview

This book examines spirituality in Singapore, showing how important the city state is for understanding contemporary global configurations of urban space, religion, and spirituality. Joanne Punzo Waghorne highlights how the formal religious spaces-temples, churches, and mosques-have been confined to allotted sites on the map of Singapore, whereas various "spiritual" organizations, particularly of Hindu origins and headed by a guru, still continue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350283304
• ISBN13: 9781350283305
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"