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This is an area where terminology gets real fuzzy. "Spiritual" is inherently vague and individualistic. I'm referring more to personal faith in a particular sect: read specific texts, pray in a particular way, organize your metaphysical model in line with an established religious tradition.
Generally I don't like to reference specific religious texts, my beliefs are much too syncretic for that, but I was raised Christian, and for all the faults of the various Christian institutions, Jesus himself seems pretty based:
If someone practices Christian dogma that way, I'd be hesitant to call them oppressed or an oppressor. It's still definitely a specific religion, but it's engagement with the emergent power structure that causes the oppression.