God in Christ is a different kind of lord who is not in solidarity with the powerful but in solidarity with the lowly. ... This position—at the heart of the new world proclaimed by Paul—directly contradicts the logic of the Roman Empire. Christ and Empire (2007)
When Christians in a context of empire are unaware of the political implications of their faith, their Christ is likely to be co-opted by empire by default. Christ and Empire (2007)
Paul refused to enter into patronage relationships with Corinthian elites; the system of patronage is problematic because it destroys the horizontal bonds of the common people—their solidarity with each other—and ties them to the powerful and the wealthy. Christ and Empire (2007)