Merging 'different' sacred spaces: Enabling religious encounters through pragmatic utilisation of space?

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-494

  Sinha, Vineeta ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHURCH ROLE; MODERNITY; RELIGION; SPACE USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1042301719     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670303700303     Document Type: Article

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