Since the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a remarkable surge of interest
among both policy makers and academics on religion and its engagements with …

Religion has been profoundly reconfigured in the age of development. Over the past half
century, we can trace broad transformations in the understandings and experiences of …

Shopping with Allah illustrates the ways in which religion is mobilised in package tourism
and how spiritual, economic and gendered practices are combined in a form of tourism …

Faced with the scale of global challenges such as poverty and inequality, one question is
where to start. Humanitarian efforts can only ever have limited reach. Among all of human …

In humanitarian organizations, neoliberal mechanisms of power exist in tension with the
humanitarian desire to do good. Drawing upon digital ethnographic fieldwork, I explore how …

This article provides an overview of the changing role of dāna in contemporary Buddhism
through ethnographic research on Buddhist charities in Vietnam. I begin by briefly …

This article aims to elucidate the impact of religion on humanitarian practices within local
communities affected by floods and the resulting contributions to community survival …

The paper explores the aesthetics and ethics of Islamic giving. The ethnography focuses on
the Mustadafin Foundation's preparation, cooking, and distribution of akhni (local meat and …

Dans nombre de pays, diverses associations religieuses participent souvent à la prestation
de soins et de services sociaux, aux côtés de l'État et des organisations non …

This chapter offers some personal reflections on a series of my own multidisciplinary
explorations in the academic study of Southeast Asia over the course of a quarter century. It …