Christian churches in post-communist Slovakia
Subtitle: current challenges and opportunities
By: editors: Michal Valčo, Daniel Slivka
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Center for Religion and Society, Roanoke College
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Salem, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780615666716
Subjects: Communism and Christianity; History; Church and state; Church history; Religion and sociology; Democracy; Religion and politics; Mass media; Religious aspects
Notes: "This title is a scientific, collective monograph, published as a result of an international scientific research project - Christian Churches in Post-Communist Slovakia: Current Challenges and Opportunities - coordinated by the Center for Religion and Society, Roanoke College, VA, USA, and conducted by two Slovak academic institutions - The Faculty of Humanities, University of  Ž̌̌ilina in Ž̌ilina and the Greek-Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Prešov in Prešov - as well as additional individual researchers."--t.p. verso.

Contents notes include some subheadings not listed in table of contents.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The contemporary situation and the way forward; title: Church and society in Slovakia, past and present / Daniel Slivka : History of Christian tradition in Slovakia ; The church, state and democracy after 1989, the positive aspect ; The church, state and democracy after 1989, the negative aspect ; The relevance of Christian faith for everyday life in post-communist Slovakia / Lukáš Bomba, Adrian Kacian : Religious situation in contemporary Slovakia ; Impact of the Communist regime on Christian churches in Slovakia ; Relevance of Christian faith for everyday life ; Appearances of faith, liquid lives and liquid faith; title: Human crisis and exhibitions of dehumanization in the context of today's society / Kamil Kardis : Concept of late modernity and social change ; Individualization, value anomy ; Human crisis, desocialization; title: The chosen aspects of desocialization in the context of crisis of postmodern society / Mária Kardis : Contextuality of desocialization,  postmodern society : The anatomy of desocialisation ; Anomie-desocialization; title: Liturgical renewal as a means of church renewal in the Slovak post-communist context / Katarína Valčová : Historical roots; title: More recent trends and current practices ; Toward a culturally sensitive worship ; Interaction between culture and cult in the 20th-21st century; title: Setting the stage for a meaningful engagement : the need for a competent public theology in the post-communist context of Slovakia / Michal Valčo : The need to explore the nature and roots of current challenges ; The case for public character of Christian theology ; Slovak Christians and public theology in Upper-Hungary in the 19th century (Case study) ; Looking at the present in order to stay faithful in the future; title: The reality of a post-Christian atmosphere in the contemporary European society; title: Mission through education,  a case study on the Bible School in Martin; title: (cont.) The history and renewal of Greek Catholicism in Slovakia; title: The history of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia / Jaroslav Coranič  : The work of Holy Cyril and Methodius and its destiny after the great Moravian Empire ended ; The eparchy of Mukačevo ; The Prešov Greek Catholic eparchy; title: The attack on the Greek Catholic Church and its bishop during the period of communist oppression / Peter Šturák : Social-religious situation and liquidation of Greek Catholic Church ; Bishop ThDr. Vasil' Hopko in political situation in Slovakia; title: Stability and flexibility in the church after the fall of communism / Marek Petro :  Stability since its beginning ; Introduction to a difficult past ; Beatified martyr Pavol Peter Gojdič, OSBM ; Rehabilitation and beatification of Bishop P.P. Gojdič ; Beatified martyr ThDr. Vasil' Hopko ;  Rehabilitation and beatification of Bishop V. Hopko ; Flexibility, the role of episcopacy today ; The statement of the Slovak Bishops' Conference ; Organizations and youth centers focusing on leisure time activities; title: The Greek Catholic Youth Pastoral Center in Prešov ; The Greek Catholic Youth Center "Barka" in Juskova Vola ; Pastoral Center for gypsies (Roma people) in Cičava ; The Center for family, Sigord; title: Jewish-Christian dialogue in Slovakia; title: Righteousness, justice and holiness within Koinonia: the theological perspective of development of the Jewish-Christian dialogue in Slovakia / František Ábel : Historical perspective ; Theological perspective ; Koinonia and its meaning in Paul's theological thinking; title: Righteousness, justice and holiness within the koinonia ; Societal perspective; title: The church and the media; title: The culture of media as a substitute for religion in a post-communist context / Hedviga Hennelová: Political and cultural development in the Europe of the 20th century ; Religion in the period of communism and post-communism ; Religion and democracy ; Culture of media ; Media culture and voice of gospel ; Church cooperation with mass media; title: Mass media coverage of religious  topics: understanding Topoi in religious and media arguments / Terézia Rončáková : Religious impact of media ; Media bias against religion ; New religious movements (NRM) ; Methodology ; Findings ; Challenges; title: Catholic media in post-communist Slovakia / Imrich Gazda : TV Lux ; Rádio Lumen ; Katolícke noviny ; Slovak Bishops' Conference Press Agency (SBCPA) ; Challenges faced by Catholic media today; title: Abstracts and biographical information about the authors