When we consider an evangelical alternative to these totalizing claims, a beginning point is the recognition that the imperial narrative is not an ontological given. It is, rather, from the ground up a carefully constructed, frequently reiterated narrative that is in the service of the pyramid managers. When it is seen as a construct, it follows that our social experience is then open to an alternative construction. But this narrative is the one we inhale on a regular basis, a narrative that is committed to greed, accumulation, and violence that pertains equally to liberals and conservatives.
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