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.
