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Religious elements play a significant role in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia has used 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. In Ukraine, meanwhile, a church dispute continues that has concrete political and human rights implications, Islam plays an often overlooked role on both sides of the front, and the war in Russia 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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18:00 Introduction
Dr. Richard Ottinger, Social Cohesion, Religion, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
18:15 Jewish Life in Russia and Ukraine: A Paradigm Shift Since the Invasion?
Pinchas Goldschmidt, Chief Rabbi of Moscow in exile and Chairman of the European Rabbinical Conference, Munich
18:45 Military Chaplaincy on the Front Line: Theological Practice in the Horror of War?
Prof. Dr. Regina Elsner, Professor of Eastern Church Studies and Ecumenics, University of Münster
19:15 Ukrainian Churches and Religious Communities in the Invasion: Overlooked Contributions?
Vladyslav Zaiets, PhD-student of civil law, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
Moderation
Andreas Umland, Researcher at the Stockholm Centre for East European Studies of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm
19:45 Closing Remarks
Thomas Birringer, Head of the Ukraine Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Kyiv
