Assertive secularism and attacks on minorities in Europe by Muhammad Nur Rahmat Abdul Mutalib

“…As compared to the concepts of “Laïcité secularism” and “Judeo-Christian secularism” that can be identified in various countries worldwide, I argue that the form of secularism present in many European states are characterized by what I term as “discriminatory secularism”. …”
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Disciplining differences : Christian teachers in the secular school. by Lee, Theresa Ruishan.

“…Multiculturalism, state secularism and the notion of a ‘common space’ are ideologies and mental frameworks that ensure religion remains privatized. …”
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C. S. Lewis : the problem of pain in a secular age by Lee, Agnes

“…Lewis responds to a type of suffering that is characterized by the secular society it exists within. This paper looks at the relationship between suffering, the problem of suffering, and secularization. …”
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Secular Christian schools : negotiating dogma and legislation in the Christian schools of Singapore by Tan, Desiree Yanzi

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Media and Christianity in Singapore : spiritualising the media in the secular and technolised city-state by Tan, Bryan

“…In this paper, I attempt to discover the relationship between media and Christianity in Singapore by answering the abovementioned questions, while foregrounding the secularisation thesis in Singapore, which operates as a secular state.…”
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Female Muslims in Singapore : negotiating Islamic modesty in a secular state. by Siti Nurfadhilah Binte Hashim.

“…This paper claims that embodied knowledge and values generated through Secular State Education contribute to this phenomenon. …”
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A comparative evaluation of secular repression and religious repression on religiously motivated terrorism in Muslim-majority states by Muhammad Isyraf Salahudin

“…While present scholarly works have established that regimes which impose greater levels of restrictions on religion would face higher probabilities of terrorism, as compared to states that are more religiously free, the differential impacts of varying forms of religious restrictions – secular repression and religious repression – on the plausibility of religious terrorism are less discernible. …”
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When schools compete : a study on the influence of Jehovah's witnesses religion on secular higher education decisions by Pang, Rui Ting

“…Some young Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to pursue secular university education in Singapore, despite strong advice given by the religious community. …”
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Interpreting piety among young Singaporean Muslim women of different ethnicities in secular Singapore : an intersectional approach by Parveen Kaur Bawinder Singh

“…Drawing on qualitative interviews with 19 Singaporean Muslim women from Malay, Indian, Arab and Pakistani ethnic backgrounds, this study uses intersectionality as a framework to explore how interpretations of piety among young Muslim women living in secular Singapore are influenced by their ethnicities. …”
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Best left unsaid – a brief history on events surrounding sexuality education in Singapore by Kon, Joshua Fu Shan

“…It was found that despite a claim of secularity, the creation of the subject was advised by experts from religious organisations, and teaching goals were selected to be in line with the national values of the nation, prioritizing conservative values and those that promoted the family. …”
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Religion and religious identity in policymaking : the case of Singapore’s Muslim community by Nurul Asyikin Yusoff

“…Secularism is an evolving concept and the separation of religion from politics manifests in various ways to differing degrees depending on context. …”
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Religion at work : exploring how work and the workplace shape bus captains’ religious practices and participation by Lee, Janice

“…This study examines how secular work and the workplace shape employees’ religious practices and participation at work. …”
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Repression and terrorism in the Muslim world by Wee, Lin

“…This paper will adopt Daniel Philpott’s (2019) categorization of political theologies – religious freedom, secular repression and Islamism – to examine their respective relationship with terrorism in Muslim-majority countries between 2007-2018. …”
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The negotiation of gender by modern evangelical women in Singapore. by Wong, Xing Wuan.

“…Despite the predictions of the secularization paradigm, religious affiliations have been on the rise. …”
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此论文研究以文本细读的方法，从作者吴承恩如何塑造唐僧三个徒儿的形象，来看作者的叙事技巧。本文将通过两种不同的角度来看作者对三个小说人物的形象塑 造。首先,从三个徒弟最突出的性格特征切入，孙悟空的勇敢、猪八戒的贪心和沙僧的和谐性情。再来观察三人在特定情况下的表现，如三人之间的日常互动和面对困境时 的反应。在观察与分析后，笔者认为作者的叙事带有“奇幻性”、“奇趣... by 蔡汶澍 Tsai, Thomas Wen Shu

“…归根究底，此关系乃基于检验“道德价值”的历史哲学问题未获得解决之缘故，才造成今日政教之间的表面和谐局势。 Secularism bases it central tenet on the separation between State and Religion and provided the backbone for the Secular Laws of the Modern State. …”
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Imagining survivalistic alternatives to nihilistic visions of doom in Roland Emmerich’s disaster films by Lau, Song Leng

“…It is this very uncovering of Divine purpose in future calamity that differentiates religious apocalypses from secular, naturalistic explanations of cataclysmic phenomena.…”
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Extraction of spikes from brain signals by Anderson, Tommy

“…In modern days, meditation is widely practiced with secular meditation techniques, with the aim of relaxation of mind and reduction of stress.…”
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“Acting Chinese”: how do Malays manage their racial-religious identity in sinicized Singapore? by Nur Liyana Anuar

“…Aimed at overturning the repressive practice of dismissing the unique distinctiveness of different Malay-Muslims into a single identity of belonging to “the problematic and exclusive community”, this study intends to uncover how Malay-Muslims who are perceived to be “successful”, have mediated their racial and religious identity performance in specific ways, in order to fit in, survive and find success in secular, Chinese-dominated Singapore. Through 18 verbal accounts of lived experiences and their subsequent interpretations, this research seeks to analyze how these individuals try to reconcile their already-established Malay-Muslim identity with the dominant social ethos and ideals prevalent in Singapore society.…”
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Managing the Catholic identity in Singapore by Jalobi V. Cruz

“…This paper also examines the extent to which secularization is occurring to these respondents at this point in time.…”
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Case study of a youth church community : organizational dynamics and its implications by Tan Li

“…This study found that the community provides important secular benefits by acting as an unrivalled stable network for academic resources and the acquisition of tangible and intangible skills. …”
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