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Teologie ve stínu. Prolegomena k dějinám české katolické teologie druhé poloviny 20. století

Teologie ve stínu. Prolegomena k dějinám české katolické teologie druhé poloviny 20. století

[Theology in the Shadow. Prolegomenon to the History of the Czech Catholic Theology of the 2nd Half of the 20th Century.]

Novotný, Vojtěch

subjects: religion, history – 20th century

paperback, 222 pp., 1. edition
published: march 2007
ISBN: 978-80-246-1308-6
recommended price: 200 czk

summary

This collection of essays outlines selected historical facts about the Catholic theological reflection in the Czech Lands in the second half of the 20th century. After the epistemological introduction, which clarifies the book's subtitle "Prolegomenon to the History of the Czech Catholic Theology of the 2nd Half of the 20th Century", the author presents the history of secret theological studies, official, samizdat and exile theological periodicals, contact with foreign literature, history of Catholic publishing houses, work of theological committee, the beginning of biblical translations, the history of Czech Catholic exile and literature on the history of theology in the period in question. The book closes with an essay on the theologies of the dying church, which supports and illustrates the author's previous propositions.