tailieunhanh - The Profits of Religion

It is a vision I have seen: upon a vast plain, men and women are gathered in dense throngs, crouched in uncomfortable and distressing positions, their fingers hooked in the straps of their boots. They are engaged in lifting themselves; tugging and straining until they grow red in the face, exhausted. The perspiration streams from their foreheads, they show every symptom of distress; the eyes of all are fixed, not upon each other, nor upon their boot-straps, but upon the sky above. There is a look of rapture upon their faces, and now and then, amid grunts and groans, they cry out with excitement and. | 1 The Profits of Religion The Profits of Religion An Essay in Economic Interpretation By UPTON SINCLAIR VANGUARD PRINTINGS First-January 1927 Second-April 1927 Third-June 1928 By UPTON SINCLAIR 2 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 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. Note to fifth edition 1926 The Profits of Religion was first published early in 1917. The present edition represents a sale of over 60 000 copies without counting a dozen translations. In this edition a few errors have been corrected but otherwise the book has not been changed. The reader will understand that references to the World War are of the date 1917 prior to America s entrance. This book is the first of a series of volumes an economic interpretation of culture which now includes The Brass Check The Goose-step The Goslings and Mammonart. CONTENTS 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 3 By UPTON SINCLAIR The Rain Makers 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

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