Religious Elements in the Russian War of Aggression Against Ukraine: Propaganda, Religious Politics and Pastoral Care, 2014–2024 (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838219813 ISBN 13: 9783838219813

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon, 2025

Synopsis

Religious elements play an important role in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia has used, among others, religion to justify parts of the war that has been going on since 2014, the invasion of 24 February 2022, and its own war propaganda. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, a church dispute continues that has concrete political and human rights implications, Islam plays an often overlooked role on both sides of the front. The Russian war also represents a paradigm shift for the security of Jewish life. This volume assembles contributions by authors from the fields of political science, ecumenics, theology, history, sociology, and ethics. All contributions are united by the basic assumption that although the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is not a religious war, it cannot be understood without considering and analyzing religious elements and contexts of justification.

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About the Author

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Edition details

• Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838219813
• ISBN 13: 9783838219813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124
• Editor: Ottinger Richard