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The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
By Upton Sinclair
Length9h 17m
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The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a nonfiction book, first published in 1917, by the American novelist and muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair. It is a snapshot of the religious movements in the U.S. before its entry into World War I.
The book is the first of the “Dead Hand” series: six books Sinclair wrote on American institutions. The series also includes The Brass Check (journalism), The Goose-step (higher education), The Goslings (elementary and high school education), Mammonart (art) and Money Writes! (literature). The term “Dead Hand” ironically refers to Adam Smith’s concept that allowing an "invisible hand" of individual self-interest to shape economic relations provides the best result for society as a whole.
In this book, Sinclair attacks institutionalized religion as a “source of income to parasites, and the natural ally of every form of oppression and exploitation.”
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GenreBusiness and Economics
Length9 hrs 17 mins
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Publish dateAug 21, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1OFFERTORY
26Dead Cats
2INTRODUCTORY
27Suffer Little Children
3Bootstrap-lifting? says the reader.
28The Court Circular
4RELIGION
29Horn-blowing
5BOOK ONE — The Church of the Conquerors
30Trinity Corporation
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6The Priestly Lie
31Spiritual Interpretation
7The Great Fear
32BOOK THREE — The Church of the Servant-girls
8Salve Regina!
33Charity
9Fresh Meat
34God's Armor
10Priestly Empires
35Thanksgivings
11Prayer-wheels
36The Holy Roman Empire
12The Butcher-Gods
37Temporal Power
13The Holy Inquisition
38Knights of Slavery
14Hell-Fire
39Priests and Police
15BOOK TWO — The Church of Good Society
40The Church Militant
16The Babylonian Fire-god
41The Church Triumphant
17The Medicine-men
42God in the Schools
18The Canonization of Incompetence
43The Menace
19Gibson's Preservative
44King Coal
20The Elders
45The Unholy Alliance
21Church History
46Secret Service
22Land and Livings
47Tax Exemption
23Graft in Tail
48Holy History
24Bishops and Beer
49Das Centrum
25Anglicanism and Alcohol
50BOOK FOUR — The Church of the Slavers
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