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When Christians in a context of empire are unaware of the political implications of their faith, their Christ is likely to be co-opted by empire by default.
— Joerg Rieger
When Christians in a context of empire are unaware of the political implications of their faith, their Christ is likely to be co-opted by empire by default.
God in Christ is a different kind of lord who is not in solidarity with the powerful but in solidarity with the lowly. ... This position—at the heart of the new world proclaimed by Paul—directly contradicts the logic of the Roman Empire.
