Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction: Religion, capitalism and society; Part I Capitalism and sociocultures; 1 Sociocultures and history; 2 Colonial transformation; 3 Socialist transformation; 4 Capitalist transformation; Part II Habitus groups and classes in Laos; 5 Capitalism, social structures and inequality; 6 The emergence of classes in Laos; 7 Habitus groups; 8 Milieus and language-games; Part III Layers of meaning and practices of religion; 9 Religion and division of work; 10 Objective layers of religion; 11 Ethos and religion
12 Religious ethos and belief: A case study of Ban Pha KhaoConclusion; References; Subject Index; Names Index