Lived Theology and Leadership in Wartime Ukraine: An Empirical Study of How Lament, Presence, and Hope Reflect and Shape Theological Meaning-Making (2022–2025)
Journal: Religions
Year: 2026

Based on leadership narratives collected between 2022 and 2025, this article examines how Ukrainian non-military organizational and community leaders who have remained in the country during the ongoing war interpret, embody, and enact theological meaning within their lived leadership experience. Drawing on two qualitative datasets—one collected in 2022 (n = 145) and a second in 2025 (n = 79)—the study employs a lived theology approach together with a reflexive thematic analysis to explore how th