"In empire, you believe in that which you preserve, you preserve that which you are entitled to, and you are entitled to that which you have accumulated. ... That is the religion, the animating spirit, of empire."
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Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile (2008), p. 128
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