State and Social Christianity in Post-colonial Singapore  

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Goh, Daniel P. S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia vol. 25 no. 01 (Apr. 2010), page 54-89.
Topik: Christianity; Developmental; Pentecostal; Post-colonial; Religion; Singapore; Spiritual Warfare; State Suppression

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In the context of Christianity's rapid growth in Post-colonial Singapore, why the Pentecostalism replaced liberal Christianity as the dominant form in the last few decades? Going beyond exiting cultural explanations of Pentecostal affinity with Asian folk religions and the modernization thesis, I look at the Church as social movement, as social Christianity engaging, specifically in Singapore, the Post-colonial developmental state. Pentecostalismbecame popular efter the state consolidated its rule in the 1980s and suppressed nascent liberal Christian movements. this is because, compared to its fundamentalist evangelical competitor, the Pentecostal development of Asian contextual theologies of spiritual warfare and blessings provided of the spiritual telos of the post-colonial nation and angage the developmental ethos of the state. Singaporean Pentecostalists are at the crossroads today, faced with a decision between the social justice emphasis of liberal Christianity and fundamentalist moral activism.

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