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  title info:
    title: Faith through the lens of forms
    sub title: a study on the significance of religious architecture of Singapore in fostering interfaith understanding
  name:
    name part: Nor Ainah Mohamed Ali
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: Spahic Omer
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization
  type of resource: text
  genre: theses
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language: languageTerm
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxv, 319 leaves : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
  abstract: The inception of the colonial past led to an impetus to the growth of Singapore to be home to a highly heterogeneous population that had travelled from across the seas. Since their arrivals, the small island had transformed into a dynamic and remarkably unique island, exemplary of a multi-racial, multi-lingual and multi-religious society where the community live harmoniously together. Bridging the differences across cultures and religious beliefs while fostering a healthy and flourishing plural society that embraced peaceful co-existence had never been an easy task for everyone. The spectrum of challenges that spawned from a multitude of differences could be daunting and equally monumental. It required not only an excellent foresight from the pioneering populace, but also an abundance of dedication, diligence, empathy, and sensitivities. It was undoubtedly the result of a sound education supported by the inculcation of shared values and attitudes within a common space that Singaporeans came to have the confidence, trust, and mutual respect for one another in order to co-exist in the same environment. Given the existing backdrop, the topic had been carefully studied with the intent to position religious architectural forms, as a beacon and a tool to support the understanding of the religious faiths. With a hybrid research methodology, it attempted to articulate the manifestations of the architecture of faiths and documenting the understanding and observations of the community in relation to the message of the religion and the religious architecture. Subsequently, it explored the effectiveness of the architectural forms, as a significant source of knowledge in understanding the respective religious faiths. With the knowledge harnessed and harvested, the outcome of the study sought to uncover the role religious architecture plays and can play in fostering interfaith understanding and cultivating mutual respect among the racial communities. Notwithstanding the abundance…
  target audience: specialized
  note: by Nor Ainah Binte Mohamed Ali
  note: Abstracts in English, Bahasa and Arabic.
  note: "A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Islamic Thought and Civilization." --On title page.
  note: Thesis (MATIA)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2021.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 292-308).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/11325
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 230328
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng