František Stangler, the dean in Rakovník and his position in local religious culture. Searching for and losing the vocation of a clergyman during the process of National Revival
Abstract
The study aims to describe the changing role of a clergyman in modern times. The study follows these levels: a) religious reform activity of a clergyman itself; b) importance of his pastoral work for the religious community; c) communicatin level among the clergy an their relationship to the public.
The author depicts the reflection of a Catholic priest in the society and bringing the religion closer to the public. The author works with the term "local religious culture", its frame of references is broader "regional history".
It focuses on inner worlds of historical protagonists and local specifics of their own (sub) culture. The town of Rakovník and its religious situation during the process of national agitation in the 1860s serves as the example of such environment.
In Rakovník, dean František Stangler (1806-1870), one of Bernard Bolzano students, was the chief religious protagonist of the period.