In the most cutting of his satires Elmer Gantry, published in 1927, Lewis criticizes false religion, drawing the wrath of living evangelist like Billy Sunday.

• 刘易斯在其最尖刻的讽刺作品1927年出版的《埃尔默?甘特里》中，批判了虚伪的宗教，从而使当时的布道者如比利?森戴等大为恼火。