▁some ▁spiritual ▁war fare ▁texts ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Gre co - R oman ▁mystery ▁relig ions ▁and ▁Z oro ast rian ▁myth s . ▁However , ▁H ie bert ▁also ▁ch ast ises ▁other ▁evangel ical s ▁who ▁have ▁absor bed ▁the ▁modern ▁sec ular ▁out look ▁and ▁have ▁t ended ▁to ▁down play ▁or ▁even ▁ignore ▁the ▁demon ic . ▁H ie bert ▁speak s ▁of ▁the ▁f law ▁of ▁the ▁ex cluded ▁middle ▁in ▁the ▁thinking ▁of ▁some ▁evangel ical s ▁who ▁have ▁a ▁cosm ology ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁heaven ▁and ▁humans ▁on ▁earth , ▁but ▁have ▁ignored ▁the ▁" middle " ▁real m ▁of ▁the ▁ang el ic ▁and ▁demon ic . ▁ ▁Some ▁critics ▁have ▁linked ▁the ▁rise ▁in ▁ag gress ive ▁forms ▁of ▁prayer ▁to ▁the ▁increasing ▁militar ization ▁of ▁every day ▁life ▁that ▁character izes ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁cultural ▁sh ifts ▁towards ▁the ▁w ides p read ▁normal ization ▁of ▁highly ▁militar ized ▁disc ourse . ▁This ▁r het or ical ▁and ▁ide ological ▁st ance ▁has ▁cre pt ▁into ▁the ▁practices ▁an ▁rit uals ▁of ▁religious ▁prayer ▁and ▁conversion , ▁just ▁as ▁it ▁has ▁similarly ▁expanded ▁into ▁se ctors ▁like ▁technology , ▁imm igration , ▁human itar ian ism ▁and ▁education , ▁just ▁to ▁name ▁a ▁few ▁spher es ▁that ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁Mil itar ism . ▁Despite ▁the ▁seem ing ▁opposition ▁between ▁the ▁sub miss ive ▁and ▁mor ally ▁up standing ▁associations ▁with ▁prayer ▁and ▁domin ating ▁violence ▁associated