Khun Eng Kuah
Biographic Data
| ID | 215941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Khun Eng Kuah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Khun Eng |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuah |
| SIGNATURE | KUAH K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jinan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond migration? Alternative articulations of transnational religious networks
A growing body of scholarship on transnational religion is grounded within the analytical framework of the religion-migration relationship and has highlighted migrant individuals and groups as main players in forging religious networking. This ignores a wide range of alternative drivers that are forceful in the (re)making of transnational religious networks. In this introduction of the special issue, we therefore open a collection of nine article…
The Social Production of Buddhist Compassion in Chinese Societies
This book investigates and establishes a theoretical framework for the study of the social production of religious compassion in the era of shale modernity among Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. It argues that the production of Buddhist compassionate fields in the 21st century is a response to the rising social inequality and social needs of modern society. Religious compassion serves as an emotive force that propels the re…
Navigating the landscape of Guangzhou's time-honoured business: From the 19th-century flowscape to the Belt and Road Initiative
Negotiating cultural and socio-economic flows in the era of Belt and Road Initiatives: An introductory overview
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine as cultural power along the Southeast Asian belt and road corridor
China’s Soft Power: Culturalisation Along the Belt Road Corridors
Being Christian through External Giving
This study examines how Christian informants understand and practice external (charitable) giving outside of their church, both in terms of money and volunteering time and effort. While existing quantitative researches have informed us primarily about the determinants of giving in the West, we carry out a small case study in a church in an Asian city of Hong Kong to explore how local Christians understand and practice external giving. It is found…
Social Cultural Engineering and the Singaporean State
Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China
"Rebuilding the Ancestral Village" published on by Hong Kong University Press.
Social Movements in China and Hong Kong: The Expansion of Protest Space
The journey from the conception of the idea of this book to its final product was a long and arduous one. The idea first came out of the debates on the emergence of social movements in both China and Hong Kong at the end of the twentieth century. The excitement surrounding these developments was discussed between the two editors which culminated in a conference jointly organized by the Centre for Anthropological Research at the University of Hong…
Chinese Women and the Cyberspace
This volume examines how Chinese women negotiate the Internet as a research tool and a strategy for the acquisition of information, as well as for social networking purposes. Offering insight into the complicated creation of a female Chinese cybercommunity, Chinese Women and the Cyberspace discusses the impact of increasingly available Internet technology on the life and lifestyle of Chinese women-examining larger issues of how women become both …
Where China Meets Southeast Asia: Social and Cultural Change in the Border Regions
The Changing Moral Economy of Ancestor Worship in a Chinese Emigrant District
Maintaining ethno-religious harmony in Singapore
1998). Maintaining ethno-religious harmony in Singapore. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 103-121
Negotiating Emigration and the Family: Individual Solutions to the 1997 Anxiety
In an environment of decolonization and Sino-British disagreement, the Hong Kong people are reevaluating their status relating to the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China. This is coupled with a sense of anomie resulting from the rapid shift to a postindustrial, postmodern era. The return to China could bring authoritarianism, yet movement toward postindustrialism and postmodernism represents liberalism. How do Hong Kong people cope with…
Maintaining ethno-religious harmony in Singapore
1998). Maintaining ethno-religious harmony in Singapore. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 103-121
Chinese Women and the Cyberspace
This volume examines how Chinese women negotiate the Internet as a research tool and a strategy for the acquisition of information, as well as for social networking purposes. Offering insight into the complicated creation of a female Chinese cybercommunity, Chinese Women and the Cyberspace discusses the impact of increasingly available Internet technology on the life and lifestyle of Chinese women-examining larger issues of how women become both …
Negotiating cultural and socio-economic flows in the era of Belt and Road Initiatives: An introductory overview
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine as cultural power along the Southeast Asian belt and road corridor
Beyond migration? Alternative articulations of transnational religious networks
A growing body of scholarship on transnational religion is grounded within the analytical framework of the religion-migration relationship and has highlighted migrant individuals and groups as main players in forging religious networking. This ignores a wide range of alternative drivers that are forceful in the (re)making of transnational religious networks. In this introduction of the special issue, we therefore open a collection of nine article…
Being Christian through External Giving
This study examines how Christian informants understand and practice external (charitable) giving outside of their church, both in terms of money and volunteering time and effort. While existing quantitative researches have informed us primarily about the determinants of giving in the West, we carry out a small case study in a church in an Asian city of Hong Kong to explore how local Christians understand and practice external giving. It is found…
Negotiating Emigration and the Family: Individual Solutions to the 1997 Anxiety
In an environment of decolonization and Sino-British disagreement, the Hong Kong people are reevaluating their status relating to the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China. This is coupled with a sense of anomie resulting from the rapid shift to a postindustrial, postmodern era. The return to China could bring authoritarianism, yet movement toward postindustrialism and postmodernism represents liberalism. How do Hong Kong people cope with…
Negotiating Emigration and the Family: Individual Solutions to the 1997 Anxiety
In an environment of decolonization and Sino-British disagreement, the Hong Kong people are reevaluating their status relating to the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China. This is coupled with a sense of anomie resulting from the rapid shift to a postindustrial, postmodern era. The return to China could bring authoritarianism, yet movement toward postindustrialism and postmodernism represents liberalism. How do Hong Kong people cope with…
Maintaining ethno-religious harmony in Singapore
1998). Maintaining ethno-religious harmony in Singapore. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 103-121
The Changing Moral Economy of Ancestor Worship in a Chinese Emigrant District
Where China Meets Southeast Asia: Social and Cultural Change in the Border Regions
Chinese Women and the Cyberspace
This volume examines how Chinese women negotiate the Internet as a research tool and a strategy for the acquisition of information, as well as for social networking purposes. Offering insight into the complicated creation of a female Chinese cybercommunity, Chinese Women and the Cyberspace discusses the impact of increasingly available Internet technology on the life and lifestyle of Chinese women-examining larger issues of how women become both …
Social Movements in China and Hong Kong: The Expansion of Protest Space
The journey from the conception of the idea of this book to its final product was a long and arduous one. The idea first came out of the debates on the emergence of social movements in both China and Hong Kong at the end of the twentieth century. The excitement surrounding these developments was discussed between the two editors which culminated in a conference jointly organized by the Centre for Anthropological Research at the University of Hong…
Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China
"Rebuilding the Ancestral Village" published on by Hong Kong University Press.
Social Cultural Engineering and the Singaporean State
China’s Soft Power: Culturalisation Along the Belt Road Corridors
Being Christian through External Giving
This study examines how Christian informants understand and practice external (charitable) giving outside of their church, both in terms of money and volunteering time and effort. While existing quantitative researches have informed us primarily about the determinants of giving in the West, we carry out a small case study in a church in an Asian city of Hong Kong to explore how local Christians understand and practice external giving. It is found…
The Social Production of Buddhist Compassion in Chinese Societies
This book investigates and establishes a theoretical framework for the study of the social production of religious compassion in the era of shale modernity among Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. It argues that the production of Buddhist compassionate fields in the 21st century is a response to the rising social inequality and social needs of modern society. Religious compassion serves as an emotive force that propels the re…
Navigating the landscape of Guangzhou's time-honoured business: From the 19th-century flowscape to the Belt and Road Initiative
Negotiating cultural and socio-economic flows in the era of Belt and Road Initiatives: An introductory overview
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine as cultural power along the Southeast Asian belt and road corridor
Beyond migration? Alternative articulations of transnational religious networks
A growing body of scholarship on transnational religion is grounded within the analytical framework of the religion-migration relationship and has highlighted migrant individuals and groups as main players in forging religious networking. This ignores a wide range of alternative drivers that are forceful in the (re)making of transnational religious networks. In this introduction of the special issue, we therefore open a collection of nine article…
Political science (12 works) · China (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · History (5 works) · Socioeconomic Development in Asia (5 works) · china (4 works)