ETHNIC ADAPTATIONS OF RELIGIOUS ORTHODOXY : A STUDY OF CHINESE, INDIAN AND EURASIAN CATHOLICS IN SINGAPORE

Abstract

This Academic Exercise compares some of the ethnic practices of the Chinese, Indian and Eurasian Catholics in Singapore which have been adapted into Catholic rituals, like the mass, weddings and funerals; and also how religion has affected their lives in Singapore's multi-ethnic and multi-religious enviroment. It shows that the Singaporean Catholic's maintenance of ethnic identity and cultural adaptation at this level to be highly symptomatic of the larger social processes going on in Singapore.