Devin Singh

Bio

Devin Singh is Associate Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College, with an adjunct appointment at the Tuck School of Business. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale and holds degrees from the University of Chicago, Trinity International University, and Pomona College. His research examines religious thought in the modern West and in sites of colonial encounter, focusing on the intersections of theology, economics, and politics. His acclaimed book 'Divine Currency: The Theological Power of Money in the West' (Stanford University Press, 2018) traces how early Christian thinkers borrowed monetary and economic concepts to articulate doctrine, lending a sacred aura to Western economic life. He also studies debt, secularization, markets, and the sociology of money.

The big questions

The kind of questions this session opens up.

1. We accept outcomes from “the market” that we would never accept from a person. Why does the word do the forgiving?
2. Is a just economy one that rewards effort, one that meets need, or one that no one would be afraid to be born into?
3. Where does the line fall between earning and extracting, and why is it so easy to cross without noticing?
4. Money carries a kind of moral authority. Who granted it that power, and should they have?