This game looks fantastic - the art and style of the game is cohesive, and just beautiful. The music is also great!
The rules took a bit of getting used to, but in my opinion a single readthrough of the rules and some fiddling about in the first few days was enough for me to understand - despite being rather straightforward, they are a bit intimidating at first. Maybe an interactive tutorial would make learning the game a bit easier to approach?
A short play by play of my strategy, was basically just to preach (because it's free) until I had enough money to fake miracles for influence. Using this strategy and simply choosing "kill" any time I was threatened, I was able to beat the game by just a small margin.
All in all, I like it! Great work.