The Dead Consensus has no theory of power. The Ahmarists have no theory of martyrdom. A Christian political philosophy has to have both if it is going to be actually Christian.
The Dead Consensus has no theory of power.
The Ahmarists have no theory of martyrdom.
A Christian political philosophy has to have both if it is going to be actually Christian.
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