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  • Ancestor Worship in the Diaspora Chinese and China Universes
    Khun Eng Kuah
    Kuah explores the centrality of ancestors and ancestor worship of the Chinese in the Diaspora Chinese and China universes. Building on the original work and book on 'Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China', this book goes beyond the premise of remaking the ancestral home to uncover the complexities of ancestor worship. ...
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    75,93 €

  • Rebuilding the Ancestral Village
    Khun Eng Kuah
    First published in 2010, this title discusses the relationship between one group of Singapore Chinese and their ancestral village in Fujian in China, exploring the various reasons why the Singapore Chinese want to maintain ties with their ancestral village and how they reproduce Chinese culture. ...
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    65,99 €

  • The Social Production of Buddhist Compassion in Chinese Societies
    Khun Eng Kuah
    This book investigates and establishes a theoretical framework for the study of the social production of religious compassion in the era of shale modernity among Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. ...
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    77,53 €

  • Social Cultural Engineering and the Singaporean State
    Khun Eng Kuah
    This book, a collection of previously published articles, focuses on the role of the Singaporean State in social cultural engineering. It deals with the relationship between the Singaporean state and local agencies and how the latter negotiated with the state to establish an acceptable framework for social cultural engineering to proceed. The book also highlights the tensions a...
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    68,26 €

  • State, Society and Religious Engineering
    Khun Eng Kuah / Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng
    The book looks at how religion in Singapore is being subjected to the processes of modernisation and change. The Singapore State has consciously brought religion under its guidance. It has exercised strong bureaucratic and legal control over the functioning of all religions in Singapore. The Chinese community and the Buddhist Sangha have responded to this by restructuring their...
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    49,33 €