Publikace na Evangelická teologická fakulta |
2017
Abstrakt
Starting with two examples of Czech religious and national mythology, the article briefly examines the history of civil religion and then outlines in detail the way in which it has been practiced in the Czech Republic, a country with a low number of people claiming adherence to institutional religion. It points to elements of civil religion within Czech civil society, whilst noting that the language to talk about anything religious is often absent in wider Czech society.
The article looks at the challenges faced by the churches in both providing a language for the wider society to engage with religion but also a critique of attempts to hijack religious and specifically Christian language to support exclusion and hate.