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The Profits of Religion

The Profits of Religion

by Upton Sinclair

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Author
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
Title
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
Credits
Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
Subject
Christianity -- Controversial literature
Category
Text
eBook-No.
1558
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1558
Release Date
December 1, 1998
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PROFITS OF RELIGION
  2. 2.An Essay in Economic Interpretation
  3. 3.By Upton Sinclair
  4. 4.THE PROFITS OF RELIGION
  5. 5.OFFERTORY
  6. 6.INTRODUCTORY
  7. 7.BOOTSTRAP-LIFTING — Bootstrap-lifting? says the reader. — RELIGION
  8. 8.BOOK ONE — The Church of the Conquerors
  9. 9.The Priestly Lie
  10. 10.The Great Fear
  11. 11.Salve Regina!
  12. 12.Fresh Meat
  13. 13.Priestly Empires
  14. 14.Prayer-wheels
  15. 15.The Butcher-Gods
  16. 16.The Holy Inquisition
  17. 17.Hell-Fire
  18. 18.BOOK TWO — The Church of Good Society
  19. 19.The Babylonian Fire-god
  20. 20.The Medicine-men
  21. 21.The Canonization of Incompetence
  22. 22.Gibson's Preservative
  23. 23.The Elders
  24. 24.Church History
  25. 25.Land and Livings
  26. 26.Graft in Tail
  27. 27.Bishops and Beer
  28. 28.Anglicanism and Alcohol
  29. 29.Dead Cats
  30. 30.Suffer Little Children
  31. 31.The Court Circular
  32. 32.Horn-blowing
  33. 33.Trinity Corporation
  34. 34.Spiritual Interpretation
  35. 35.BOOK THREE — The Church of the Servant-girls
  36. 36.Charity
  37. 37.God's Armor
  38. 38.Thanksgivings
  39. 39.The Holy Roman Empire
  40. 40.Temporal Power
  41. 41.Knights of Slavery
  42. 42.Priests and Police
  43. 43.The Church Militant
  44. 44.The Church Triumphant
  45. 45.God in the Schools
  46. 46.The Menace
  47. 47.King Coal
  48. 48.The Unholy Alliance
  49. 49.Secret Service
  50. 50.Tax Exemption
  51. 51."Holy History"
  52. 52.Das Centrum
  53. 53.BOOK FOUR — The Church of the Slavers
  54. 54.Face of Caesar
  55. 55.Deutschland ueber Alles
  56. 56.Der Tag.
  57. 57.King Cotton
  58. 58.Witches and Women
  59. 59.Moth and Rust
  60. 60.The Octopus
  61. 61.The Industrial Shelley
  62. 62.The Outlook for Graft
  63. 63.Clerical Camouflage
  64. 64.The Jungle
  65. 65.BOOK FIVE — The Church of the Merchants
  66. 66.The Head Merchant
  67. 67."Herr Beeble"
  68. 68.Holy Oil
  69. 69.Rhetorical Black-hanging
  70. 70.The Great American Fraud
  71. 71.Riches in Glory
  72. 72.Captivating Ideals
  73. 73.Spook Hunting
  74. 74.Running the Rapids
  75. 75.Birth Control
  76. 76.Sheep
  77. 77.BOOK SIX — The Church of the Quacks
  78. 78.Tabula Rasa
  79. 79.The Book of Mormon
  80. 80.Holy Rolling
  81. 81.Bible Prophecy
  82. 82.Koreshanity
  83. 83.Mazdaznan
  84. 84.Black Magic
  85. 85.Mental Malpractice
  86. 86.Science and Wealth
  87. 87.New Nonsense
  88. 88."Dollars Want Me"
  89. 89.Spiritual Financiering
  90. 90.The Graft of Grace
  91. 91.BOOK SEVEN — The Church of the Social Revolution
  92. 92.Christ and Caesar
  93. 93.Locusts and Wild Honey
  94. 94.Mother Earth
  95. 95.The Soap Box
  96. 96.The Church Machine
  97. 97.The Church Redeemed
  98. 98.The Desire of Nations
  99. 99.The Knowable
  100. 100.Nature's Insurgent Son
  101. 101.The New Morality
  102. 102.Envoi
  103. 103.Reader:

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