01715cam a22003133u 4500 16470 UtSlPG 20260610133403.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 BL Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2005 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Profits_of_Religion Release date is 2005-08-07 Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Jayam Subramanian and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition" by Upton Sinclair is a nonfiction book first published in 1917. The muckraking journalist launches a fierce attack on institutionalized religion in America, calling it a "source of income to parasites" and ally of oppression. Sinclair examines various religious establishments—from Episcopal elites to Catholic parishes to Protestant merchants to California cults—arguing they've betrayed Jesus's true message. Part of his "Dead Hand" series critiquing American institutions, the book was largely boycotted by mainstream press upon release. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Christianity -- Controversial literature https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16470 57858 57858