 Are recent calls for the top-down globlization of spirituality under a global religious authority really about promoting peace? (Image by Shutterstock - Igor Stevanovic) Details DMCA | Last September, Israel's ex-President Shimon Peres asked Pope Francis to head a future "UN of religions", a proposed organisation with "unquestionable" authority to proclaim God's will. Peres argued globalizing faith under a single world authority is required to combat terrorism. Is this concept, which has major implications, really about peace, or is there a darker agenda behind it?
Political and economic decision-making power has been devolving away from citizens and the nation-state to elite global undemocratic multilateral organisations for some time now. This article examines the implications of recent signs of a top-down push for the globalization of religion as well, under a single global political authority. |
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