Abstract
The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 2022 published a statement about the war in Ukraine, War in Ukraine, Peace and Justice in the European Region. The statement raised quite a lot discussion in the assembly, mostly about its failure to make any concrete suggestions in order to achieve peace. This essay provides a summary of the statement and of the discussion in the assembly. The essay points out a few flaws in the statement and shows the historical frame in which the statement was written.
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Kopperoinen, Petja
(2023)
"The World Council of Churches at the 11th General Assembly on the War in Ukraine,"
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 43
:
Iss.
5
, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2148.2423
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol43/iss5/10