2007 2015-06-01 10.17192/mjr.2007.12.3606 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-2007-114-36061 keine Angabe Ah Ma and her Beliefs: The Migrant Experience and Religious Practices of a Chinese Immigrant Woman in Twentieth Century Singapore This essay aims to use my family history as a prism to examine the religious beliefs and practices of the Chinese diaspora in twentieth century Singapore. It contends that religion played a vital role in shaping the communal identity and contributing to the spiritual well-being of the Chinese migrants. By exploring the migrant experience, and analyzing the religious beliefs and practices of my Ah Ma as told to me, this essay attempts to answer three big questions: what did religion mean to the overseas Chinese community in general and my Ah Ma—a Chinese immigrant woman—in particular?; what were these religious beliefs and practices, and what functions did they serve?; and finally, how could the study of my Ah Ma’s religious beliefs offer an alternative narrative to Singapore’s history?

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urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-2007-114-36061 2015-06-01 2007 Jack Chia Meng Tat Chia Meng Tat, Jack 2015-06-01 Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2007.12.3606 This essay aims to use my family history as a prism to examine the religious beliefs and practices of the Chinese diaspora in twentieth century Singapore. It contends that religion played a vital role in shaping the communal identity and contributing to the spiritual well-being of the Chinese migrants. By exploring the migrant experience, and analyzing the religious beliefs and practices of my Ah Ma as told to me, this essay attempts to answer three big questions: what did religion mean to the overseas Chinese community in general and my Ah Ma—a Chinese immigrant woman—in particular?; what were these religious beliefs and practices, and what functions did they serve?; and finally, how could the study of my Ah Ma’s religious beliefs offer an alternative narrative to Singapore’s history? https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2007/114/3606/3606.png English article 2015-06-01 application/pdf Ah Ma and her Beliefs: The Migrant Experience and Religious Practices of a Chinese Immigrant Woman in Twentieth Century Singapore 12 Vol 12 No 1 (2007) https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/2007/114/cover.png 1 https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2007.12.1 2007 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-2007-1149 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/cover.png Institute for Comparative Cultural Research - Study of Religions and Anthropology Religion Philosophy and theory of religion 1996 1418722-x Periodical urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-00048 Marburg Journal of Religion 1612-2941 Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg 2007-09-01 PeriodicalPart

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