The Profits of ReligionCosimo, Inc., 1 בנוב׳ 2005 - 320 עמודים It is not too much to say that today no daily newspaper in any large American city dares to attack the emoluments of the Catholic Church, or to advocate restrictions upon the ecclesiastical machine.-from "Holy History"Few readers have not heard of Upton Sinclair's 1906 book The Jungle, his fictionalized account of Chicago's meatpacking industry, which set in motion dramatic social and governmental changes and highlighted the power of investigative journalism. But his 1918 book The Profits of Religion, a viciously witty censure of religious institutions in America, remains unjustly obscure. Drolly but bitterly subtitled "an essay in economic interpretation," this potent book condemns religious leaders for taking advantage of the credulity and hopefulness of ordinary Americans to line their own pockets and amass political influence. Not merely a brilliant work of persuasive journalism, this is also a document of the idealistic socialism that lingered after World War I, when the triumph of the movement's ideal still seemed possible.American writer UPTON SINCLAIR (1878-1968) was an active socialist and contributor to many socialist publications. His muckracking books include The Moneychangers (1908), King Coal (1917), Oil! (1927), and Boston (1928). |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 38
עמוד 18
... ancient evils . And do not be troubled if at the outset this book seems to be entirely " destructive " . I assure you that I am no crude materialist , I am not so shallow as to imagine that our race will be satisfied with a bar- ren ...
... ancient evils . And do not be troubled if at the outset this book seems to be entirely " destructive " . I assure you that I am no crude materialist , I am not so shallow as to imagine that our race will be satisfied with a bar- ren ...
עמוד 21
... ancient man believe in them , but was forced to believe in them , because the mind must have an explanation of things that happen , and an individual intelligence was the only explanation available . The story of the hero who slays the ...
... ancient man believe in them , but was forced to believe in them , because the mind must have an explanation of things that happen , and an individual intelligence was the only explanation available . The story of the hero who slays the ...
עמוד 24
... ancient or modern , is that it is based upon Fear , born of it , fed by it - and that it cultivates the source from which its nourishment is derived . " The fear of divine anger " , says Prof. Jastrow , " runs as an undercur- rent ...
... ancient or modern , is that it is based upon Fear , born of it , fed by it - and that it cultivates the source from which its nourishment is derived . " The fear of divine anger " , says Prof. Jastrow , " runs as an undercur- rent ...
עמוד 26
... ancient Babylonians , which " heathen " chant is identical in spirit and purpose with the utter- ances of Job : 1 The Sin that I have wrought , I know not ; The unclean that I have eaten , I know not ; The offense into which I have ...
... ancient Babylonians , which " heathen " chant is identical in spirit and purpose with the utter- ances of Job : 1 The Sin that I have wrought , I know not ; The unclean that I have eaten , I know not ; The offense into which I have ...
עמוד 31
... exploitation for hundreds and even thousands of years . The ancient empires were all priestly empires ; the kings ruled because they obeyed the will of the priests , taught to them from THE PROFITS OF RELIGION 31 Priestly Empires.
... exploitation for hundreds and even thousands of years . The ancient empires were all priestly empires ; the kings ruled because they obeyed the will of the priests , taught to them from THE PROFITS OF RELIGION 31 Priestly Empires.
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The Church of Good Society | 45 |
The Church of the Servant Girls | 103 |
The Church of the Slavers | 159 |
The Church of the Merchants | 199 |
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