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Howard A. Snyder:

Too often the church has let the world define the nature of the battle. If the foe is seen as communism or socialism, Christians are tempted to commit themselves uncritically to free enterprise. If the enemy is “dependent capitalism and neocolonialism,” Christians may fall prey to neo-Marxist ideology. If the foe is globalization, believers may turn isolationist or nationalist. If the danger is a point of doctrine, Christian turn orthodoxy into a bludgeon. If it is a specific behavior, conformity becomes a straitjacket.