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The Profits of Religion

Subtitle: An Essay in Economic Interpretation

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1. An Essay in Economic Interpretation 2. OFFERTORY 3. BOOTSTRAP-LIFTING 4. RELIGION 5. BOOK ONE — The Church of the Conquerors 6. The Priestly Lie 7. The Great Fear 8. Salve Regina!9. Fresh Meat 10. Priestly Empires 11. Prayer-wheels 12. The Butcher-Gods 13. The Holy Inquisition 14. Hell-Fire 15. BOOK TWO — The Church of Good Society 16. The Babylonian Fire-god 17. The Medicine-men 18. The Canonization of Incompetence 19. Gibson's Preservative 20. The Elders 21. Church History 22. Land and Livings 23. Graft in Tail 24. Bishops and Beer 25. Anglicanism and Alcohol 26. Dead Cats 27. Suffer Little Children 28. The Court Circular 29. Horn-blowing 30. Trinity Corporation 31. Spiritual Interpretation 32. BOOK THREE — The Church of the Servant-girls 33. Charity 34. God's Armor 35. Thanksgivings 36. The Holy Roman Empire 37. Temporal Power 38. Knights of Slavery 39. Priests and Police 40. The Church Militant 41. The Church Triumphant 42. God in the Schools 43. The Menace 44. King Coal 45. The Unholy Alliance 46. Secret Service 47. Tax Exemption 48. "Holy History"49. Das Centrum 50. BOOK FOUR — The Church of the Slavers 51. Face of Caesar 52. Deutschland ueber Alles 53. Der Tag.54. King Cotton 55. Witches and Women 56. Moth and Rust 57. The Octopus 58. The Industrial Shelley 59. The Outlook for Graft 60. Clerical Camouflage 61. The Jungle 62. BOOK FIVE — The Church of the Merchants 63. The Head Merchant 64. "Herr Beeble"65. Holy Oil 66. Rhetorical Black-hanging 67. The Great American Fraud 68. Riches in Glory 69. Captivating Ideals 70. Spook Hunting 71. Running the Rapids 72. Birth Control 73. Sheep 74. BOOK SIX — The Church of the Quacks 75. Tabula Rasa 76. The Book of Mormon 77. Holy Rolling 78. Bible Prophecy 79. Koreshanity 80. Mazdaznan 81. Black Magic 82. Mental Malpractice 83. Science and Wealth 84. New Nonsense 85. "Dollars Want Me"86. Spiritual Financiering 87. The Graft of Grace 88. BOOK SEVEN — The Church of the Social Revolution 89. Christ and Caesar 90. Locusts and Wild Honey 91. Mother Earth 92. The Soap Box 93. The Church Machine 94. The Church Redeemed 95. The Desire of Nations 96. The Knowable 97. Nature's Insurgent Son 98. The New Morality 99. Envoi 100. Reader:

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