THE PROFITS OF RELIGION

An Essay in Economic Interpretation


By Upton Sinclair










THE PROFITS OF RELIGION





OFFERTORY

This book is a study of Supernaturalism from a new point of view—as a Source of Income and a Shield to Privilege. I have searched the libraries through, and no one has done it before. If you read it, you will see that it needed to be done. It has meant twenty-five years of thought and a year of investigation. It contains the facts.

I publish the book myself, so that it may be available at the lowest possible price. I am giving my time and energy, in return for one thing which you may give me—the joy of speaking a true word and getting it heard.

The present volume is the first of a series, which will do for Education, Journalism and Literature what has here been done for the Church: the four volumes making a work of revolutionary criticism, an Economic Interpretation of Culture under the general title of "The Dead Hand."






CONTENTS


THE PROFITS OF RELIGION

OFFERTORY

INTRODUCTORY

BOOTSTRAP-LIFTING

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

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