The Profits of ReligionAn Essay in Economic InterpretationReading editionChapter navigation100 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…An Essay in Economic InterpretationOFFERTORYBOOTSTRAP-LIFTINGRELIGIONBOOK ONE — The Church of the ConquerorsThe Priestly LieThe Great FearSalve Regina!Fresh MeatPriestly EmpiresPrayer-wheelsThe Butcher-GodsThe Holy InquisitionHell-FireBOOK TWO — The Church of Good SocietyThe Babylonian Fire-godThe Medicine-menThe Canonization of IncompetenceGibson's PreservativeThe EldersChurch HistoryLand and LivingsGraft in TailBishops and BeerAnglicanism and AlcoholDead CatsSuffer Little ChildrenThe Court CircularHorn-blowingTrinity CorporationSpiritual InterpretationBOOK THREE — The Church of the Servant-girlsCharityGod's ArmorThanksgivingsThe Holy Roman EmpireTemporal PowerKnights of SlaveryPriests and PoliceThe Church MilitantThe Church TriumphantGod in the SchoolsThe MenaceKing CoalThe Unholy AllianceSecret ServiceTax Exemption"Holy History"Das CentrumBOOK FOUR — The Church of the SlaversFace of CaesarDeutschland ueber AllesDer Tag.King CottonWitches and WomenMoth and RustThe OctopusThe Industrial ShelleyThe Outlook for GraftClerical CamouflageThe JungleBOOK FIVE — The Church of the MerchantsThe Head Merchant"Herr Beeble"Holy OilRhetorical Black-hangingThe Great American FraudRiches in GloryCaptivating IdealsSpook HuntingRunning the RapidsBirth ControlSheepBOOK SIX — The Church of the QuacksTabula RasaThe Book of MormonHoly RollingBible ProphecyKoreshanityMazdaznanBlack MagicMental MalpracticeScience and WealthNew Nonsense"Dollars Want Me"Spiritual FinancieringThe Graft of GraceBOOK SEVEN — The Church of the Social RevolutionChrist and CaesarLocusts and Wild HoneyMother EarthThe Soap BoxThe Church MachineThe Church RedeemedThe Desire of NationsThe KnowableNature's Insurgent SonThe New MoralityEnvoiReader:Beginning of this editionNext chapter →OFFERTORYAll chapters and sections (100)Other sectionsAn Essay in Economic InterpretationOFFERTORYBOOTSTRAP-LIFTINGRELIGIONBooks1Book 1 · Other sectionsThe Priestly LieThe Great FearSalve Regina!Fresh MeatPriestly EmpiresPrayer-wheelsThe Butcher-GodsThe Holy InquisitionHell-FireBooks2Book 2 · Other sectionsThe Babylonian Fire-godThe Medicine-menThe Canonization of IncompetenceGibson's PreservativeThe EldersChurch HistoryLand and LivingsGraft in TailBishops and BeerAnglicanism and AlcoholDead CatsSuffer Little ChildrenThe Court CircularHorn-blowingTrinity CorporationSpiritual InterpretationBooks3Book 3 · Other sectionsCharityGod's ArmorThanksgivingsThe Holy Roman EmpireTemporal PowerKnights of SlaveryPriests and PoliceThe Church MilitantThe Church TriumphantGod in the SchoolsThe MenaceKing CoalThe Unholy AllianceSecret ServiceTax Exemption"Holy History"Das CentrumBooks4Book 4 · Other sectionsFace of CaesarDeutschland ueber AllesDer Tag.King CottonWitches and WomenMoth and RustThe OctopusThe Industrial ShelleyThe Outlook for GraftClerical CamouflageThe JungleBooks5Book 5 · Other sectionsThe Head Merchant"Herr Beeble"Holy OilRhetorical Black-hangingThe Great American FraudRiches in GloryCaptivating IdealsSpook HuntingRunning the RapidsBirth ControlSheepBooks6Book 6 · Other sectionsTabula RasaThe Book of MormonHoly RollingBible ProphecyKoreshanityMazdaznanBlack MagicMental MalpracticeScience and WealthNew Nonsense"Dollars Want Me"Spiritual FinancieringThe Graft of GraceBooks7Book 7 · Other sectionsChrist and CaesarLocusts and Wild HoneyMother EarthThe Soap BoxThe Church MachineThe Church RedeemedThe Desire of NationsThe KnowableNature's Insurgent SonThe New MoralityEnvoiReader:By Upton SinclairOFFERTORY →