The Cooperation of Religion and State in Singapore: A Compassionate Partnership in Service of Welfare

Vol. 7, No. 3 (Fall 2009)

Li-ann Thio Thursday, 10 September 2009

Singapore is a secular island city-state, yet it has a vibrantly religious society. Indeed, despite growing urbanization and industrialization, the degree of religiosity has steadily increased among Singapore's multi-religious and multi-racial population. Today, 86 percent of the population of some 4.68 million professes a religious faith, with the breakdown as follows:

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