Theology of Money

Christianity, Christianities, Christian

“…Marx, for instance, argued that the modern liberal state is Christian, signaling a different relation between "religion" and "politics" from that commonly assumed. Weber, as we saw, suggested that capitalism was Christian (and see Taylor 2004, Goodchild 2009). Foucault, for his part, traced striking lines of continuities between liberalism and the unique pastoral power of the Church (Foucault 2007).…”

The proliferation of secular religions

“…would later be joined by Italian fascism, and the 1920s saw an overflow of such comparisons in the writings of Giovanni Amendola, Novello Papafava, Raoul De Nolva, Herbert Schneider, Hermann Heller, Luigi Sturzo and many others, or even in official Catholic documents issued by Pope Pius XI. 31 From the 1930s, Nazism also began to be interpreted as a religious movement and ideology, but this time usually together with socialism and fascism. As early as 1932, Anton Hilckman called Nazism an 'irreligious religion' which was in this regard a close of democracy and the metaphysical idea of the 'people' or the 'general will' are also frequently found in French literature, see e. relative of bolshevism.…”

Return of the Golden Calf: Economy, Idolatry, and Secularization since Gaudium et spes

“…67 More recently, Philip Goodchild's book Theology of Money argues that money as guarantor of all value holds the same place in modern society that God occupied in medieval times. 68 Although the idea of economic behavior as "religious" is increasingly common, only recently have significant empirical studies been undertaken to support the idea. One example is an article by researchers from the universities of Tel Aviv, New York, and Duke entitled "Brands: The Opiate of the Nonreligious Masses?"…”