Examine the view that the play, 'The Trials of Brother Jero' is about religious fraud and commodification of worship.

The Trials of Brother Jero is a satire of religion, specifically, Christianity. Soyinka portrays Brother Jero as a fraud, who takes advantage of people who follow him blindly as he offers them falsities. In this portrayal, religion is illustrated as a ploy for power and advancement. Religious commodification of worship widely desecrated the sacred as a result of greed.