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DESCRIPTION:Dmytro Vovk\nBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law\n\nThe relations
  between the Ukrainian state and religion have always been heavily persona
 lized. Since independence\, they have been determined not so much by const
 itutional protections or legal regulations and procedures but more by reli
 gions’ political connections and their ability to transform these connec
 tions into benefits and advantages on Ukraine’s highly competitive relig
 ious market. This has made personal religious attitudes and preferences po
 ssessed by key political actors\, and\, first of all\, by the Ukrainian Pr
 esident\, extremely important for the model of the country’s religion-st
 ate relations.\n\nVolodymyr Zelensky’s presidency is not an exception fr
 om this personalized pattern and\, at the same time\, is unique in terms o
 f the core ideas behind his approach to religion. Since his election in 20
 19\, Zelensky seems to have made an impressive religio-political journey f
 rom no religious agenda to the heavy involvement in inter-Orthodox relatio
 ns since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.\n\nIn his lectur
 e\, Dmytro Vovk will explain why and to what extent Zelensky's personal an
 d political approach to religion and religions has changed and what it mea
 ns for the Ukrainian model of religion-state relations.
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SUMMARY:Dmytro Vovk: President Zelensky\, Religion\, and the War
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 ligion-and-the-war
CATEGORIES:Luncheon
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