Marx, Neitzsche, and Freud on Weakness and Power

Merold Westphal, in _Suspicion and Faith: The Religious Uses of Modern Atheism_, suggests a useful typology for understanding how the Masters of Suspicion understood the relationship between power and religion within society:

For Freud, religion is primarily ontological weakness seeking consolation.
For Marx, religion is primarily sociological power seeking legitimation.
For Nietzsche, religion is primarily sociological weakness seeking revenge.