The article presents the issue of religious conflicts as acause of genocide intent. The author based hers considerations on an analysis of the war in Bosnia (1992–1995). Though it was not a religious war, religion was an important instrument in this conflict. First, it became the primary factor in defining ethnic groups — enemies and allies. Second, religious symbols and religious rhetoric were used to foster nationalist ideology, gain public support for bloody war and provide justification for aggression and mass atrocities. In this way, religious differences used for achieving political goals became the reason for one of the most shocking genocides — the Srebrenica massacre.
The article investigates changes in the religious sphere of Ukraine since the beginning of the military conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The use of religious rhetoric to justify the annexation of the Crimea and to invade part of the Ukrainian territory has caused a serious shift in the religious self-identification of a considerable number of Ukrainians. These changes are manifested at several levels. On the personal level there was the reorientation of the most faithful to the pro-Ukrainian religious organizations or to the rejection of religion in general. At the institutional level there was an ambivalent effect. On the one hand, it triggered a series of parish conversions that caused new religious conflicts. On the other hand, it intensified the search for ways to consolidate Ukrainian churches. All these changes put on the agenda of Ukraine several challenges related to the defence of religious rights and freedom and defence of national security. The article is based on various sources produced by churches and their leaders, latest sociological data, and reports of human rights organizations and religious studies institutions.
The article presents the role of the Ukrainian state in the process of creating the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and achieving autocephaly in the context of Ukraine’s national security challenges after the Revolution of Dignity. The research was carried out on the basis of scientific sources, materials of state and church provenance, as well as analytical and sociological data. The results of research indicate that the formation of an autocephalous Church at the turn of 2018/2019 was largely possible due to the determination of the post-revolutionary ruling camp and obtaining a political consensus of pro-Western forces. That consensus could be achieved owing to the threats to state security, which was recognized and supported by Ukrainian society. The development of the young Church and the consolidation of autocephaly requires further support from the authorities.
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Artykuł prezentuje rolę państwa ukraińskiego w procesie tworzenia Kościoła Prawosławnego Ukrainy i uzyskania przez niego autokefalii w kontekście wyzwań bezpieczeństwa narodowego Ukrainy po Rewolucji Godności. Badania zostały oparte na literaturze naukowej, materiałach proweniencji państwowej i kościelnej, oraz danych analitycznych i socjologicznych. Ich wyniki wskazują, że ukonstytuowanie się autokefalicznego Kościoła na przełomie 2018/2019 r. w dużej mierze było możliwe dzięki determinacji porewolucyjnego obozu władzy i uzyskaniu konsensusu politycznego sił prozachodnich ze względu na zagrożenia dla bezpieczeństwa państwa, co znalazło poparcie w społeczeństwie ukraińskim. Rozwój młodego Kościoła i utrwalenie autokefalii wymaga dalszego wsparcia ze strony organów władzy.
The paper presented is a theoretical work discussing architecture as a standing testimony of human conflicts stemming from cultural and ideological clashes. The author describes several types of these clashes, starting with the discrepancies between history and modernity. The clash between the old and the new is portrayed as potentially triggering conflicts, in case there is no dialogue between history and contemporary architecture. Another type of conflicts is composed of those stemming from inadequate transposition of cultural norms, which may have a detrimental influence on human identity. Globalisation is shown as one of the factors that affect this loss of identity, and is reflected in architecture. In addition to that, the paper touches upon the issue of chaos vs. order, two notions used and understood differently by the practitioners of particular architectural styles. The antagonism between chaos and order is also described as generating potential conflicts. Finally, the paper discusses the ideology-based conflicts, reflected in architecture. They are described as closely related to the loss of human values, and the symbols of these values. Throughout the work, the author comments on positive and negative practices in culturally- and ideologically-sensitive architectural design, giving examples of projects and buildings, in different time periods.
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