He argues that Christianity grew by marrying itself to power through strict hierarchy, allowing it to be co-opted by the power elite.
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He argues that Christianity grew by marrying itself to power through strict hierarchy, allowing it to be co-opted by the power elite.
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"...hierarchy. And that enabled it to be co -opted by the power elite. Okay? So this tells us the fact that he was appointed..."
"...know, in 1950s, C. Wright Mills wrote a book called the power elite, and he described the structure of power in America. Yeah. And..."
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