Disciples can become addicted to such praise and affirmation and indeed can reinforce the exploitation of the enslaved by keeping them close only for their use-value. The slave girl performs her captivity precisely in her religious speech, and disciples can get high on and become addicted to such talk. Disciples can ever turn the ministry of the gospel into the feverish activity of an addict. There is a deep connection between her god-talk and her fortune telling: both are inside the logic of exchange of spiritual power and material wealth. However, her agency in all this is quite complex, as
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