Dr.Suwanna Satha-Anand, professor of Buddhist philosophy at Chulalong-korn University, and Phra Phaisan Wisalo, abbot of Wat Pha Sukato in Chaiyaphom provine and prolific author of books Buddhism and society, offer a striking critique of wealth in contemporary Thai society in the Ngoenkap sasana (Money and Religion), which was written during the beginning of the Asian economic crisis. In their respective sections, they collectively question the equation of wealth with piety in Buddhish, and they argue that religion should serve to challenge contemporary consumption rather than to endorse it.