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The Profits of Religion
Upton Sinclair
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The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a non-fiction book 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. 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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The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation is a non-fiction book 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. 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."
(Summary from Wikipedia)
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The Medicine-men
Andrew D. White tells us that
It was noted that in the 14th century, after the great plague, the Black Death, had passed, an immensely increased proportion of the landed and personal property of every European country was in the hands of the Church. Well did a great ecclesiastic remark that "pestilences are the harvests of the ministers of God."
And so naturally the clergy hold on to their prerogative as banishers of epidemics. Who knows what day the L. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I shrieked when Sinclair mentioned early 1900s 'hollow earthers'. Great book, anyway. One star for each Marx quote minus one star for the slight eugenics at the end.
This book would rate higher if the fundamentalists would not pan it based just on their beliefs. Interesting read as you have to remind yourself that it was written in 1918 and before Hitler came into power. Also, Rockefeller, JP Morgan and Carnegie name drops. I had no idea, but it makes sense that
Socialist and agnostic, Mr. Sinclair has little good to say about religion, ancient or modern. He puts forth his social agenda in strong words and appeals to reason as the ultimate authority. He points out the worst in the churches and accuses all religion and religionists as the principle supporter
Sinclair is a passionate and articulate advocate, and I enjoy his rhetoric on behalf of working people and against social inequality. The main thrust of his argument, however, is that religion, as it now exists, (or more accurately as it then existed) is nothing more than a tool used to keep the opp
"Let us not fail, young comrades; let us not write on the scroll of history that mankind had to go through yet new generations of wars and tumults and enslavements, because the youth of the international revolution could not lift themselves above those ancient personal vices which wrecked the fair h
"In its true sense Religion is the most fundamental of the soul's impulses, the impassioned love of life, the feeling of its preciousness, the desire to foster and further it. In that sense every thinking man must be religious; in that sense Religion is a perpetually self renewing force, the very na
Any Upton Sinclair book has some great things to say even if some have an enormous amout of intellectual meat and some not as much but what is there always surprises me. He shows how religion has been used to control people, steal their money, control politics yet who is not antheist. It's the churc
This book proves to be quite the comprehensive takedown of organized religion. Sinclair chronicles the influence that leaders of organized religion, chiefly the Christian religion, hold over business and government leaders of his time. They strike down unions and those "dangerous" individuals with s