God Was Just an Excuse: How the Church of England Became a Tool of Empire
Date: 16/05/2026
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God Was Just an Excuse: How the Church of England Became a Tool of Empire
Born not from revelation, but from a king’s desire for annulment and power, the Church of England is examined in this striking new episode of Theopolitica as an institution shaped less by spiritual awakening than by political reorganisation and imperial ambition. In “God Was Just an Excuse: How the Church of England Became a Tool of Empire”, Pt. Satish K Sharma and Navita Vashisth trace how a church created in Parliament under Henry VIII grew into what he calls a “Church of Empire”, one that moved with colonial power, seized wealth, created loyal elites, and gave religious sanction to expansion and control.
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The conversation traces how colonial policies in Bharat fostered anti-Hindu narratives, enabled missionary expansion through the 1813 Pious Clause, and dismantled indigenous education systems. It explores how these divisions deepened over time, ultimately contributing to partition. Yet the episode ends with a call for truth, repentance, and the courage to confront history in pursuit of a more humane future.
Coming Soon: 11th Commandment
What if the most powerful commandment of the colonial age was the one never written?
In our upcoming video, we uncover the hidden moral framework that allowed empires to speak of virtue while conquering lands, erasing cultures, and subjugating millions outside the Christian world. From the Doctrine of Discovery to the modern commodification of Dharmic traditions like yoga, this conversation explores how selective morality shaped the colonial past—and continues to echo in the present.
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