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  • Explanation of the Babylonian exile (597-586 BC) and its significance in biblical history.
  • Daniel refuses the royal food and wine, symbolizing his refusal to conform to Babylonian culture and political power.
  • Thesis: The church is not created nor suited to carry political power but is called to be a prophetic voice.
  • Historical overview of the church’s outsider status until the Edict of Milan in 313 AD.
  • The church’s compromise with political power after 313 AD and the rise of the Just War theory.
  • Charles Taylor’s analysis of secularization and the loss of awe and transcendence in modern life.
  • The call for the church to embrace a “strange and foreign” counternarrative, willing to suffer hostility for the gospel.