Far-Right Extremism - the challenge to the Churches
THE GLOBAL polarisation of social, political and religious thought is a major challenge for Christian churches today. While in the past far-right and Fascist ideologies changed the course of 20th century European history, now they are finding new expressions and a new resurgence in ur globalised and digitised world. Ireland has traditionally understood itself as avoiding any significant representation of extreme far-right ideologies. However, after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, a new form of anti-immigrant far-right extremism began to affect communities across the country in terms of two poignant issues for Christians; racism and the misappropriation of Christian language and symbols. These become the context in which we are invited to respond to the rising threat.
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