Crawford Gribben has produced a fascinating history of Christian Ireland from its promising beginnings, in the age following the fall of the Roman Empire, to its dramatic decline in recent decades.
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Emperor Xi of the CCP
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Christian Nationalism as Ethnic Survivalism
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Leftists make up catchphrases to smear their opponents, but they never apply the same logic to themselves.
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