Credo Credit Crisis: Speculations on Faith and Money (Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics)

Money facilitates the rites and rituals we perform in everyday life. More than a mere medium of exchange or a measure of value, it is the primary means by which we manifest a faith unique to our secular age. But what happens when individual belief (credo, ‘I’ believe) and the systems into which it is bound (credit, ‘it’ believes) enter into crisis? Where did the sacredness of money come from, and does it have a future? Why do we talk about debt and repayment in overtly moral terms? How should a theological critique of capitalism proceed today? With the effects of the 2008 economic crises continuing to be felt across the world, this volume brings together some of the most important contemporary voices in philosophy, literature, theology, and critical and cultural theory together in one volume to assert the need to interrogate and broaden the terms of the theological critique of capitalism. Brings Together Both Established And Emerging Scholars From Critical And Cultural Theory, Literature, Philosophy, And Theology To Address The Intersection Of Economics And Religion. It Offers A Series Of Speculative Engagements With The Idea That Faith Considered In The Broadest Sense As The Systems Of Belief Giving Meaning And Consistency To Experience Is Inextricably Enmeshed With Economic Systems. Bringing together both established and emerging scholars from critical and cultural theory, literature, philosophy, and theology, this book examines the intersection of economics and religion.