Ecumenical Theses on War. Proposal and Response

This article raises four theses regarding the ecumenical consequences of the Russian Orthodox Church’s position on social ethics. It analyses how social freedoms are often at risk in times of war, applying the securitization theory to the current situation of religious freedom in Russia and Ukraine. The theses are developed from core principles of ecumenical dialogue and show how churches cannot simply promote unity for the sake of it, but must pay attention to socio-ethical developments and criticize one another, if necessary, which can be demonstrated by the end of institutional dialogue between the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland and the Russian Orthodox Church.