The Profits of Religion. Upton Sinclair

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       Upton Sinclair

      The Profits of Religion

      An Essay in Economic Interpretation

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664143310

Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTORY

       BOOTSTRAP-LIFTING

       Bootstrap-lifting? says the reader.

       RELIGION

       BOOK ONE — The Church of the Conquerors

       The Priestly Lie

       The Great Fear

       Salve Regina!

       Fresh Meat

       Priestly Empires

       Prayer-wheels

       The Butcher-Gods

       The Holy Inquisition

       Hell-Fire

       BOOK TWO — The Church of Good Society

       The Babylonian Fire-god

       The Medicine-men

       The Canonization of Incompetence

       Gibson's Preservative

       The Elders

       Church History

       Land and Livings

       Graft in Tail

       Bishops and Beer

       Anglicanism and Alcohol

       Dead Cats

       Suffer Little Children

       The Court Circular

       Horn-blowing

       Trinity Corporation

       Spiritual Interpretation

       BOOK THREE — The Church of the Servant-girls

       Charity

       God's Armor

       Thanksgivings

       The Holy Roman Empire

       Temporal Power

       Knights of Slavery

       Priests and Police

       The Church Militant

       The Church Triumphant

       God in the Schools

       The Menace

       King Coal

       The Unholy Alliance

       Secret Service

       Tax Exemption

       "Holy History"

       Das Centrum

       BOOK FOUR — The Church of the Slavers

       Face of Caesar

       Deutschland ueber Alles

       Der Tag.

       King Cotton