Modern Southeast Asia has an extraordinarily rich and dynamic religious landscape. As nations develop, lifestyles change and traditional barriers between people fall away as a result of globalisation, there is little indication that religion is losing its salience as an organising focus for the people of this region or becoming less diverse. The course adopts anthropological perspectives to show how religion is embedded in the everyday lives, concerns, and worldviews of modern Southeast Asians. It will focus on the practice of Buddhism, Islam and Christianity in a number of countries, along with ancestor worship, spirit worship, pilgrimages, love magic, prosperity cults, sorcery, and exorcism. By exploring landmark works in the anthropology of religion, especially those with a focus on Southeast Asia, it will provide students with conceptual tools for understanding religious practice comparatively, review key debates in the study of Southeast Asian religions, and introduce students to ethnographic approaches to researching and writing about religion and society.