▁with ▁militar ism , ▁these ▁two ▁spher es ▁interact ▁in ▁a ▁dialect ical ▁way — they ▁are ▁ent ang led ▁to ▁produce ▁one ▁another . ▁The ▁association ▁of ▁spiritual ▁war fare ▁with ▁a ▁rise ▁in ▁militar ization ▁serves ▁to ▁context ual ize ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁ways ▁that ▁prayer ▁war riors ▁create ▁mean ings ▁around ▁their ▁own ▁actions ▁and ▁tact ics , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁around ▁those ▁they ▁are ▁trying ▁to ▁critic ize ▁or ▁change . ▁" Sp irit ual ▁batt les " ▁and ▁" p ray er ▁strik es " ▁on ▁the ▁" p ray er ▁battle field " ▁use ▁highly ▁polit ic ized ▁language ▁to ▁force fully ▁imp ose ▁change ▁onto ▁another ▁party ▁or ▁group , ▁p ig gy back ing ▁on ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁militar istic ▁r het or ical ▁function ▁to ▁achieve ▁this ▁aim . ▁ ▁Christian ▁counter c ult ▁movement ▁The ▁excess es ▁of ▁alleg ations ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁sat an ic ▁rit ual ▁ab use ▁phenomen on ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁have ▁prompt ed ▁critical ▁reviews ; ▁however , ▁these ▁are ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁sur re pt it ious ▁nature ▁of ▁these ▁cases . ▁Some ▁apolog ists ▁in ▁the ▁Christian ▁counter c ult ▁movement ▁have ▁expressed ▁concerns ▁that ▁spiritual ▁war fare ▁techniques ▁seem ▁at ▁times ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁based ▁on ▁sp ur ious ▁stories ▁and ▁an ec d otes ▁without ▁careful ▁disc ern ment ▁and ▁reflection . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁general ▁concerns ▁have ▁been ▁expressed ▁by ▁apolog