The War in Ukraine: Challenges to Just War Doctrines in Eastern Orthodoxy

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Main author: Stoyanov, Yuri
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id eprints-42091
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institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic BJ Ethics
BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BR Christianity
BT Doctrinal Theology
BV Practical Theology
BX Christian Denominations
DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
DF Greece
DJK Eastern Europe (General)
DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
DR Balkan Peninsula
JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
JF Political institutions (General)
JZ International relations
KB Religious Law in General
U Military Science (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
U Military Science
description The sequence and escalation of Russian–Ukrainian political and military conflicts since 2014, culminating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have reopened interest in and debates on just war theory and practice in general and specifically in historic and modern Eastern Orthodox cultures and Orthodox-majority states. These debates have significant repercussions in areas like church–state and church–military relations in these cultures; ecclesial involvement in these conflicts has varied from war-justification rhetoric (in the case of the Russian Orthodox Church) to reiterations of the inherited traditions of ecclesial pacifism/condemnation of all violence (the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, a number of Orthodox Churches, clerical and theological networks, etc.). The Russian ecclesial involvements in the justification of war/military necessity and formulation of just war narratives have triggered divisions and antagonisms in the Eastern Orthodoxy. The development and course of the ecclesial conflicts involving Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches and parishes (and other Orthodox ecclesiastic bodies) will show whether Orthodox religious actors may begin to play a more significant role in the articulation and application of newly emerging trends in areas like the theology of just peace, just peace-making and Christian realism, Orthodox social ethics and the dynamic praxis of just peace-making.
format Journal Article
author Stoyanov, Yuri
author_facet Stoyanov, Yuri
authorStr Stoyanov, Yuri
author_letter Stoyanov, Yuri
title The War in Ukraine: Challenges to Just War Doctrines in Eastern Orthodoxy
publisher Sage
publishDate 2024
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/42091/

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