New Religiosities, Modern Capitalism, and Moral Complexities in Southeast Asia

ISBN-13: 9789811029684 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 293 str.

Juliette Koning; Gwenael Njoto-Feillard

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1.Introduction: Emerging Moral Economies in Southeast Asia

Juliette Koning & Gwenael Njoto-Feillard……………………………………………………  P. 4

2.Muhammadiyah vs. Mammon. The Economic Trials and Tribulations of a Muslim Modernist Mass-Organization in Indonesia

Gwenael Njoto-Feillard…………………………………………………………………………..….P. 17

3.Beyond Prosperity Gospel. Moral Identity Work and Organizational Cultures in Pentecostal-charismatic Organizations in Indonesia

Juliette Koning………………………………………………………………………………………….P. 39

4.New Life in an Expanding Market Economy. Moral Issues among Cambodia’s Highland Protestants

Catherine Scheer……………………………………………………………………………………...P. 66

<5.A Moral Economy in Motion. The Dynamics and Limitations of a Pentecostal Alternative Society in Cambodia

Jeremy Jammes…………………………………………………………………………………………P. 91

6.A Church for Us. Itineraries of Burmese Migrants Navigating in Thailand Through the Charismatic Christian Church

Alexander Horstmann………………………………………………………………….………….P. 123

7.Of Riches and Faith. The Prosperity Gospels of Megachurches in Singapore

Terence Chong………………………………………………………………………………………..P. 149

8.Religious Worlding. Christianity and the New Production of Space in the Philippines

Jayeel Serrano Cornelio…………………………………………………………………………P. 173

9.What is a Halal Lab? Islamic Technoscience in Malaysia<

Johan Fischer…………………………………………………………………………………………P. 202

10.Religion, Prosperity, and Lottery Lore. The Linkage of New Religious Networks to Gambling Practices in Thailand

Rachelle Scott…………………………………………………………………………………………P. 226

11.Made in Singapore. Conceiving, Making and using Objects in Hindu Domains

Vineeta Sinha…………………………………………………………………………………………P. 250

12.Epilogue. Capitalist Rationalities and Religious Moralities: An Agonistic Plurality

Robert W. Hefner……………………………………………………………………………………P. 269

 

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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, NGO workers and think-tankers across the region.