Syllabus
Czechoslovakia after the war; Europe and the Ecumenical Movement; the World Council of Churches; the Czech Churches and the Church laws; official perceptions of the Czech churches in the 1950s; J.L. Hromádka; reactions to Hromádka; the dialog between christians and marxist; normalization and religion; the dissident movement; the churches and the transition.
Annotation
The communist regime after the Second World War had the aim to suppress and eventually ban religion and churches from society. They implemented a system of oppression, but they also successfully used the churches for their aims of propaganda.
Which were the main stages, how did the churches in Czechoslovakia or in other European countries react?