Astafieva Ekaterina

Minority religious groups in Singapore (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism)

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2013, №20, 240-256

 
Annotation: The paper is devoted to the new for the Russian academic studies problem of religious situation in Singapore. The author in detail studies the emergence, expansion and the current state of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism in this poly-ethnic, poly-confessional but politically and socially stable country. On specific examples the researcher managed to demonstrate the successful methods to reach interethnic concord and religious tolerance in the state with small population and numerous religious and spiritual schools and trends.

Keywords: SINGAPORE, CHRISTIANITY, CONFESSIONS, MICRO-CHURCHES SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY, STATE POLICY, LEGISLATION, STATISTICS, MEGA-CHURCHES