tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10473879.post1429956997926184297..comments2023-10-14T21:43:00.223+08:00Comments on Illusio: Rethinking secularism Iakikonomuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750460516384317828noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10473879.post-80074331865193996192009-06-15T14:50:06.342+08:002009-06-15T14:50:06.342+08:00I agree with you on this.
Having studied in a cat...I agree with you on this.<br /><br />Having studied in a catholic mission school, the evangelism they displayed was annoying and irritating. And that's not even Religious Knowledge in the action.Signore Kaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983017955196247555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10473879.post-49420740307489406052009-06-14T16:05:48.250+08:002009-06-14T16:05:48.250+08:00I never know there was such thing as RK either!I never know there was such thing as RK either!Eiji Kotakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665375005811156378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10473879.post-8860549194279531002009-06-12T12:48:38.695+08:002009-06-12T12:48:38.695+08:00Never knew there was RK in the 80s. Thanks for hig...Never knew there was RK in the 80s. Thanks for highlighting.<br /><br />Look forward to hearing the rest of this series.solvent_dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17576904120623025797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10473879.post-14762340890110324632009-06-09T22:35:34.930+08:002009-06-09T22:35:34.930+08:00Hi Kelvin,
It's great to know that as a benef...Hi Kelvin,<br /><br />It's great to know that as a beneficiary of RK, you did not seek to accentuate and highlight religious differences between you and your classmates.<br /><br />Eddie Kuo, Jon Quah and Tong Chee Kiong apparently felt it did contribute to increased tensions in schools, from their school surveys of students in 1988/9.<br /><br />As to whether the publication of the paper was the prime cause of the government dropping RK - that's more a thesis of Beng-Huat Chua, in his "Communitarian Ideology and Democracy in Singapore" book.<br /><br />Operation Spectrum and the Aquino election took place at the same time, but they couldn't have been considered if not for the trio's paper =D<br /><br />Though I might point out that some people do view the Asian Values ideology in the early 1990s as a natural successor of RK as a government tool of social cohesion. In that sense, RK was never abandoned, merely adjusted...akikonomuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750460516384317828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10473879.post-87709846947105417882009-06-09T19:04:14.149+08:002009-06-09T19:04:14.149+08:00I was one of the beneficiaries who had the opportu...I was one of the beneficiaries who had the opportunity to study the gospel of Luke as well as the book of Acts as an O level subject.<br /><br />Interesting that you regard the publication of that paper as the cause of the govt dropping RK from secondary school syllabus.<br /><br />I always felt that the govt dropped RK due to 2 reasons that emerged in the late 80s. <br /><br />The first was Operation Spectrum, when a group of Catholics were alleged to be plotting to overthrow the PAP. <br /><br />The second was what happened in the Philippines then, when the Catholic Church swept Aquino into Presidency.<br /><br />Both events made the PAP nervous on how religion can be a troublesome force in politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com