Based on Walter Benjamin's famous essay "Capitalism as Religion" from 1921, the high-profile contributions in this volume revolve around a theme that is more relevant today than ever before. The fetishistic nature of money reveals itself in the cult of commerce. Money, as a fluid entity, remains an anonymous quantity that relies on all users hoping for its power. Money carries a promise as well as a debt that propagates like original sin. The roots of our concept of progress trace back to the Bible. Not least in light of the question of whether capitalism is a necessary consequence of the Judeo-Christian belief system, the systemic contrast to other religions, such as Islam, becomes evident.