Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry, the hero of Sinclair Lewis`s satire of fundamentalist religion, is not unlike today`s corrupt and greedy TV evangelists. A charlatan and womanizer, Gantry begins as a Baptist, and rises to become the head of a Methodist church. Lewis`s novel, which scandalized the churchgoing public when it was published in 1927, reveals the hypocrisy he found in organized religion. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.