Християнська мораль і колективний етичний досвід у сучасному українському художньому дискурсі

The article in question deals with the fact that contemporary art discourse under the infl uence of Christian ideas refl ects Ukrainian mentality and spirituality, represents profoundly symbolic information on every individual’s outlook, priorities of his/her existence and criteria for assessing the morality of deeds. The study considers current issues of cultural identity and national Christian ethics of Ukrainians, the dichotomy of biblical ethical mandates and collective ethical experience recorded in literary works. Taking into account individual samples of literary works, the interpretation of biblical moral postulates from the perspective of collective ethical experience has been examined. The process of modifying biblical images in current secular context has been described. It has been taken into consideration that appealing to biblical parallels is an eff ective way to draw attention to urgent national issues.