The Theological Weight Of Debt

All are welcome to attend a lecture by Associate Professor of Religion Devin Singh. Singh will be giving a lecture on how debt wields extraordinary power in societies, shaping national economies and influencing individual choices. Unsurprisingly, the concept has longstanding uses in religion. Sacred texts employ debt language to encourage social responsibility and trust, while warning of debt’s dangers, violent misadventures, usurious risks, and moral costs. This lecture examines Christian theological uses of debt in depictions of salvation to shed light on the ways debt has emerged as a master category for describing moral obligation and for regulating human relationships in modern society