STILL STICKING TO THE BIG BROTHER HISTORY, GERMAN PROTESTANTISM AND THE UKRAINIAN WAR
STILL STICKING TO THE BIG BROTHER HISTORY, GERMAN PROTESTANTISM AND THE UKRAINIAN WAR
Author(s): Katharina KunterSubject(s): History of Church(es), Politics and religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Protestant Church in Germany; World Council of Churches; General Assembly World Council of Churches Karlsruhe 2023; Russian Orthodox Church; Ukraine; Ostpolitik; Zeitenwende;
Summary/Abstract: This article examines statements on church policy by leading representatives of the Protestant Church in Germany and the World Council of Churches in the first year of the Ukraine war (2022/23) and places them in a church-historical perspective. Ahistorical appropriations and peculiarities become clear, such as an anachronistic use of Ostpolitik, a Russia-friendly assessment and a largely secular evaluation of the situation in Ukraine.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Catholica Latina
- Issue Year: 68/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 71-91
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English