Panel: WAR IS THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS: AGENCY OF UKRAINIAN RELIGIOUS ACTORS IN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY DURING WARTIME



1173.1 - PATRIOTISM AS A CRITERION OF RELIGIOUS ORTHODOXY: THE POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF UKRAINIAN CHURCHES

AUTHORS:
Brylov D. (Dialogue in Action ~ Kyiv ~ Ukraine)
Text:
The growth in the authority of Ukrainian religious organizations amid the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has intensified the instrumentalization of religion in the political sphere, primarily by the current government. On the one hand, this has manifested itself in the increased securitization of religion and the state-supported convergence of religious and patriotic discourses. On the other hand, there has been an intense religiousization of politics, with state officials actively using religious rhetoric. The report analyzes these processes and their potential consequences for Ukrainian churches and society.