Syllabus
1. The Second Vatican Council and its significance. The fruits of the council in the Czech environment
2. The Hidden Church
3. Priests and religious in the communist regime
4. The Church in Exile and its personalities
5. Pastors of the Catholic Church during six decades
6. Orders and congregations after 1989
7. Church property and restitution difficulties
8. Ecumenism and its pitfalls
9. Formation of priests and life in religious communities
10. The relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in the Czech Republic
11. Sexual and other church scandals
12. Catholic intellectuals and committed lay people
13. Church education, healthcare and charity
14. New challenges today?!
Annotation
The lecture series introduces students to the main tendencies, ideas and traditions of Czech Church history after the Second Vatican Council from the 1960s to the present day, emphasizing key places in church history and important figures of the Czech past in the changes of the last six decades.