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Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine
Catherine Wanner (Author)
9781501764950
Hardback, published 15 November 2022
246 pages, 24 b&w halftones - 24 Halftones, black and white
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg
Wanner shines a light on the entanglement of religion and politics both during and after the revolution. Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine is an insightful look at religious life in post-Soviet Ukrainian society. Moreover, it allows us to delve into the nation-building process in Ukraine at its turning point during the Revolution of Dignity and after the outbreak of the armed conflict in Donbas. Wanner helps to better understand the interdependence between the religious sphere and the processes taking place in Ukrainian social and political life.
Everyday Religiosity and the Politics of Belonging in Ukraine reveals how and why religion has become a pivotal political force in a society struggling to overcome the legacy of its entangled past with Russia and chart a new future. If Ukraine is "ground zero" in the tensions between Russia and the West, religion is an arena where the consequences of conflicts between Russia and Ukraine keenly play out. Vibrant forms of everyday religiosity pave the way for religion to be weaponized and securitized to advance political agendas in Ukraine and beyond. These practices, Catherine Wanner argues, enable religiosity to be increasingly present in public spaces, public institutions, and wartime politics in a pluralist society that claims to be secular. Based on ethnographic data and interviews conducted since before the Revolution of Dignity and the outbreak of armed combat in 2014, Wanner investigates the conditions that catapulted religiosity, religious institutions, and religious leaders to the forefront of politics and geopolitics.