TRAUMA-INFORMED HERMENEUTICS IN THE CONDITIONS OF COLLECTIVE CRISIS: UKRAINIAN CONTEXT 2022-2025
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https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2026-35-04-020Keywords:
trauma-informed hermeneutics, collective trauma, hexagram of healing, unorthodox theology, war in Ukraine, ethics of restraint, hermeneutics of survival.Abstract
This article addresses the limitations of classical hermeneutics in interpreting traumatic experience under conditions of collective crisis, focusing on the Ukrainian context of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine (2022–2025). Classical hermeneuticalReferences
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