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PARTICIPATION in Conference “Religion and War in Ukraine: The Political, the Public, and the Possible”
March 14, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - March 17, 2024 @ 12:00 am UTC+1
KonKoop-member Regina Elsner (WWU/ ZOiS) will participate in the first international conference on religion and war in Ukraine, giving a presentation on theological (im)possibilities for reconciliation in Ukraine (Panel 1)
Description:
Orthodoxy has been widely analyzed as a soft power actor in Russia’s war against Ukraine in
particular and against the West in general. Political instrumentalization of religion is for sure a
crucial topic in order to understand the role Orthodoxy played and plays in these conflicts. However,
it can be assumed that there are theological paradigms enabling or restraining political
instrumentalization for the purpose of war. The paper analyzes which theological concepts in
Orthodoxy limit an active role of the churches in societal reconciliation and why the bold idea of
Christianity as a peaceful religion should be assessed carefully.
14-16 March 2024 – 9:00 CET in Edmonton/online
Organisation: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta/Canada