The Freedom Blog

Right wing fanaticism is sweeping the nations today, with the emergence of nationalistic and hyper-nationalistic narratives all over the world. Countries like India, Germany and Turkey, which have had largely pluralistic movements that held center stage, are also succumbing to this trend, leading to the emergence of the far right as a serious contender for political rights and a mainstream audience. Far right movements all advocate the notion of a quasi-theocratic state where the religious and administrative centres of power merge into one body, a sycophantic coterie that succumbs to the will of a powerful family or sometimes even a powerful individual.This phenomenon is witnessed even in the churches of today, with both religious and administrative functions of the church being controlled by a single individual, a family, or a group of individuals. The need of the hour is for identifying the roots of this systemic corruption that plagues churches , and transforms churches with cult li