THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SINGAPORE

Abstract

The area of investigation in this exercise will encompass the process of spatial diffusion of the Catholic Faith in Singapore and aspects of the resultant religious-culture region formed through the propagation and establishment of the Faith. The exploration of the impact of the Faith on the landscape, the people and the country will involve the description of the sacred structures, their origin and their function as a form of the physical expression of the Faith. An analysis of the demographic and selected social, economic and cultural indicators, on the other hand, will be given so as to display the intangible impact the Catholic Faith has on the people and the country. Present and future trends will be examined and predicted as a demographic component of the population-resouce equation as a study of the effect of the Faith. Selected contributions made by the missionaries which are vital in the course of development of the country will also be included.