A NEW SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE ETHNOLOGY OF RELIGION (Monograph review: Halyna Lozko. Spiritual and cultural transformations of Ukrainian society: An ethnoreligious dimension. Mykolaiv: Ilion, 2024. 444 p.)

Abstract

The young field of the ethnology of religion has been enriched by a new scientific achievement — a monograph by Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor Halyna Lozko, titled "Spiritual and Cultural Transformations of Ukrainian Society: An Ethnoreligious dimension" (Mykolaiv: Ilion, 2024. 444 pages). The researcher focuses on the changes taking place in Ukrainian society against the backdrop of the exhausting Russian-Ukrainian war. There is a growing spiritual and cultural interest in the native language, literary and artistic creativity, influenced by the "rediscovery" of ancestral faith. A separate chapter is dedicated to Ukrainian ethnoreligion in the context of the great war and the challenges of societal recognition of the traditional ethnoreligious confession. For the first time, a thesaurus of the ethnology of religion comprising 650 terms and concepts has been created. The book is intended for scholars, philosophers, religious studies experts, ethnologists, educators, students, and a broad audience interested in the interrelationship between ethnicity and religion.