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As Southeast Asia experiences unprecedented economic modernization, religious and moral practices are being challenged as never before. From Thai casinos to Singaporean megachurches, from the practitioners of Islamic Finance in Jakarta to Pentecostal Christians in rural Cambodia, this volume discusses the moral complexities that arise when religious and economic developments converge. In the past few decades, Southeast Asia has seen growing religious pluralism and antagonisms as well as the penetration of a market economy and economic liberalism. Providing a multidisciplinary, cross-regional snapshot of a region in the midst of profound change, this text is a key read for scholars of religion, economists, non-governmental organization workers, and think-tankers across the region.

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Author:   Juliette Koning ,  Gwenaël Njoto-Feillard
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight:   3.999kg
ISBN:  

9789811097546

ISBN 10:   9811097542
Pages:   293
Publication Date:   15 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: New Religiosities, Modern Capitalism and Moral Complexities in Southeast Asia.- Muhammadiyah vs. Mammon: The Economic Trials and Tribulations of an Islamic Modernist Mass-Organization in Indonesia (1990s-2000s).- Beyond the Prosperity Gospel: Moral Identity Work and Organizational Cultures in Pentecostal-charismatic Churches in Indonesia.- New Life in an Expanding Market Economy: Moral Issues among Cambodia’s Highland Protestants.- A Moral Economy in Motion: The Dynamics and Limitations of a Pentecostal Alternative Society in Cambodia.- A Church for Us: Itineraries of Burmese Migrants Navigating in Thailand through the Charismatic Christian Church.- Of Riches and Faith: The Prosperity Gospels of Megachurches in Singapore.- Religious Worlding: Christianity and the New Production of Space in the Philippines.- What is a Halal Lab? Islamic Technoscience in Malaysia.- Religion, Prosperity, and Lottery Lore: The Linkage of New Religious Networks to Gambling Practices in Thailand.- Made in Singapore: Conceiving, Making and Using Ritual Objects in Hindu Domains.- Epilogue: Capitalist Rationalities and Religious Moralities: An Agonistic Plurality.

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Juliette Koning holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is Reader in Organization Studies and Asian Business at the Business School of Oxford Brookes University, UK. As a social anthropologist, Juliette studies organizational processes, in particular the study of small business organizations in Southeast Asia. Gwenaël Njoto-Feillard holds a PhD in political science from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). A specialist on Islam in Indonesia, he is currently an Associate Researcher at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CASE) in Paris (CNRS-EHESS-Inalco) and at the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC) in Thailand.

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