Miroslav Volf is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University.
In a new episode of the podcast “For the Life of the World” of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University Miroslav Volf offers his personal reflections about the war on Ukraine. His theological and ethical commentary speaks to various facets of the situation, including:
- the global cultural clash between authoritarian nationalism and pluralistic democracy;
- the primacy and priority of God’s universal and unconditional love for all humanity, including evildoers;
- the call to actively resist evil and guard our humanity;
- the importance of truth in an age of disinformation and suppression of real facts;
- the need for Christians to remain “unreliable allies” with governments or parties while remaining faithful to the humanity in the friend, neighbor, stranger, and enemy.
But ultimately his message is one to soberly—and dare I suggest joyfully, with unabashed hope—lift up our hearts (and the hearts of those suffering through war, dislocation, death, and destruction) to the Lord.
Listen to the episode: Miroslav Volf / War in Ukraine: Theological and Moral Reflections