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Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine book cover

1st Edition

Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine

Edited By Marianna Napolitano, Federico Ruozzi Copyright 2026
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge
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Religious and Identity-Based Roots of the War in Ukraine critically analyses the religious and identity-based roots of the Russo-Ukrainian War from a long-term historical perspective. The book traces the elements that render this war not only geopolitical but also a conflict in which religion is instrumentalized to serve narratives of state power and identity formation in both post-soviet... Read more

Introduction

How Eastern Europe became a crossroad of Christian denominations and European conflicts

Marcello Garzaniti

Understanding the religious and identity-based roots of the Russo-Ukraine War: state of the art and methodology

Marianna Napolitano

PART I Russia’s and Ukraine’s narratives about identities before the war

1 The Kremlin and the Patriarchate in the twentieth century: charisms of power from Nicholas II to El’tsin

Adriano Roccucci

2 The war as a clash of identity regimes: the road to the securitisation of identity in Ukraine and Russia

Marco Puleri

PART II Russia’s and Ukraine’s narratives about identities during the war

3 Putinism and the war in Ukraine

Mara Morini

4 The Russian Orthodox Church and the war in Ukraine

Marianna Napolitano

5 The failure of ecumenism? The churches and the war in Ukraine

Adalberto Mainardi

PART III Russia’s and Ukraine’s narratives about identities: a war over public history

6 Dealing with the past through art

Irina Marchesini

7 War on monuments in Russia and Ukraine

Mirco Carrattieri and Federico Ruozzi

Conclusions

Lessons from History: Memories and Prospects for Peace in the Russia–Ukraine War

Umberto Vattani

The War in Ukraine and the Deep Rift in World Politics: Europe, NATO, Russia, and China in a Changing Order

Romano Prodi

Biography

Marianna Napolitano is a Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, where she teaches History of Interreligious Relations and she is an affiliated researcher at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose, Italy.

Federico Ruozzi is Associate Professor of History of Christianity at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, where he teaches Religion and Politics and Visual History. He is also a fellow at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose, Italy.

'The editors and contributors to this volume represent some of the foremost Italian voices engaging with the history, culture, and politics of Russia and Ukraine, as well as the role of the Orthodox Churches in both countries. The book offers insight into the deep historical and religious roots of the present conflict, and it will be of benefit for scholars, students, and policymakers seeking to understand the dynamics at play in the largest war in Europe since the Second World War, a conflict that has reshaped the continent’s political and moral landscape.'

Kristina Stoeckl, LUISS University Rome

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