Competition for attention
Graham: Surely the essence of religion is reverence.
Asano: Nowadays the competition for attention is so keen, and people simply haven’t the leisure to attend to their souls, you know, as they used to do.
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Context: Touring the city in disguise, Graham is shocked by churches plastered with advertising slogans.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Chapter XX. In the City Ways