Political Ideas Presented by Leaders of the “New Generation” Charismatic Movement Regarding the Formation of Postsecular Trends in Ukraine

Authors

Iryna GRABOVSKA Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Ð¢etiana Ð¢ALKO Oles Honchar National University of Dnipro
Svitlana KAHAMLYK Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Maryna HONCHARENKO Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Yuliia SIEROVA Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v17i1.452

Keywords:

postsecularism, new religions, neo-charismatic movements, theology of prosperity, theocratic state, public conflict

Abstract

The article is devoted to analysing political ideas presented by leaders of Ukrainian communities of the International New Religious Movement “New Generation” related to the aggravation of conflict in the Ukrainian community’s public life within deepening post-secular trends. The negative attitude of a particular part of the Ukrainian student community towards charismatic leaders’ political strategies was identified in the analysis process. It was based on the criticism of personal qualities and manipulating practices employed by the movement leaders.

The term “political theology” is used by the Ukrainian “New Generation” charismatic leaders to outline and describe the nature of the movement’s political ideology. It is based on ideas of the “New World Order” by O. Lediaev and some Christian extremism features. Criticizing the “New Generation” leaders’ theocratic ideas, the authors focused on their influence on the formation of strategies for developing Ukrainian communities of new generations. It was noted that most leaders of Ukrainian communities are aware of the utopian and conflict-generating nature of the idea of creating a theocratic state in modern Ukraine.

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Author Biographies

Iryna GRABOVSKA, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

(PhD in Philosophy) is a senior researcher of the Center for Ukrainian Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Her areas of interest include religious studies, non-traditional religions and cults, Ukrainian studies, social philosophy, gender studies, cultural studies. Iryna Grabovska is the author of 370 scientific publications, from them – 2 individual monographs, 4 monographs in co-authorship, 42 sections of collective monographs. She is the author of 2 scientific journals that belong to the scientometric databases Scopus and Web of Science.

Ð¢etiana Ð¢ALKO, Oles Honchar National University of Dnipro

(PhD in Philosophy) is Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Oles Honchar National University of Dnipro, Ukraine. Her areas of interest include religious studies, non-traditional religions and cults, history of philosophy, anthropology, gender studies, cultural studies. Ð¢etiana Ð¢alko is the author of 65 scientific publications. She is the author of 1 scientific journal that belongs to the scientometric databases Scopus. An article in the journal Scopus: Ð¢etiana Ð¢alko (co-authored) New Religions as the Postsecular Epiphenomenon of Globalisation in the Contemporary Ukrainian Society. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies. â 76 (1), 2020.

Svitlana KAHAMLYK, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

(PhD in History) is a Senior Researcher of the Center of Ukrainian Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Her areas of interest include religious studies, Ukrainian studies, culture studies. She is the author of 5 personal monographs and more than 100 scientific articles, including 3 journals that belong to the scientometric databases Web of Science. Recent publications: “Divide et impera. Russian Centralism as a Conflicting Factor for Ukrainian Orthodoxy in Retrospection and in Contemporary Realities”; “Interfaith Confrontation in Modern Ukraine: Forms of Manifestation and Ways of Counteraction”.

Maryna HONCHARENKO, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

(PhD in Philosophy) is Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Humanities, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Her areas of interest include social philosophy, history of philosophy, culture studies, philosophy of ecology. Maryna Honcharenko is the author of 10 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Transformational Processes in Environmental Crisis in the System of Society-nature”, “Environmental Crisis of Modernity - Trends of Transformation”, “Environmental Crisis in the Structure of Global Problems of Modernity”, “Ideological Bases of Social and Natural System in Global Environmental Crisis”.

Yuliia SIEROVA, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

(PhD in Philosophy) is an Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Humanities, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Her areas of interest include social philosophy, social mythology, the culture of interethnic relations, intercultural communication, the culture of interpersonal relations. Yuliia Sierova is the author of 11 scientific articles. Recent publications: “The Role of Social Mythmaking in Modern Society”, “Functional Significance of Myth in Modern Society”, “Social Mythmaking as an Attribute of the Functioning of the Elite”, “Education as a Humanitarian Technology of Socialization in the Paradigm of Synergetics”.

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GRABOVSKA, I., Ð¢ALKO, Ð¢etiana, KAHAMLYK, S., HONCHARENKO, M., & SIEROVA, Y. (2021). Political Ideas Presented by Leaders of the “New Generation” Charismatic Movement Regarding the Formation of Postsecular Trends in Ukraine. WISDOM, 17(1), 96–110. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v17i1.452

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