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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עמוד 12
... mind , I cannot help being distressed by the prevalence of this singular practice among so large a portion of the human race . How is it possible that none of them should suspect the futility of their procedure ? Or can it really be ...
... mind , I cannot help being distressed by the prevalence of this singular practice among so large a portion of the human race . How is it possible that none of them should suspect the futility of their procedure ? Or can it really be ...
עמוד 18
... mind , and the impulse to its use ; let us see what can be done with it to rid the earth of its 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 ...
... mind , and the impulse to its use ; let us see what can be done with it to rid the earth of its 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 ...
עמוד 21
... mind ; losing sight of the fact that they were originally meant with entire seriousness - that not merely did ancient man believe in them , but was forced to believe in them , because the mind must have an explanation of things that ...
... mind ; losing sight of the fact that they were originally meant with entire seriousness - that not merely did ancient man believe in them , but was forced to believe in them , because the mind must have an explanation of things that ...
עמוד 22
Upton Sinclair. persons to discover new ways of penetrating the mind of the god . There would be dreamers of dreams and seers of visions and hearers of voices ; readers of the entrails of beasts and interpreters of the flight of birds ...
Upton Sinclair. persons to discover new ways of penetrating the mind of the god . There would be dreamers of dreams and seers of visions and hearers of voices ; readers of the entrails of beasts and interpreters of the flight of birds ...
עמוד 24
... mind of the race . That this has been the deliberate policy of institutionalized Religion no candid student can deny . The first thing brought forth by the study of any religion , ancient or modern , is that it is based upon Fear , born ...
... mind of the race . That this has been the deliberate policy of institutionalized Religion no candid student can deny . The first thing brought forth by the study of any religion , ancient or modern , is that it is based upon Fear , born ...
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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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