Postsekularismus po česku? Ne/religiozita současné české společnosti mezi Východem a Západem

• Authors: Zdeněk R. Nešpor

Title variants

EN

Czeh post-secularism? Non/religiosity of contemporary czech society between the East and the West

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article contributes to critical analyses of contemporary European religion and (rather loose) conceptualisations of post-secularism. Return of religion into the public space, which may be called post-secularism, is visible and growing even in predominantly out churched Czech Republic. However, the very concept of post-secularism is too broad to be used as an analytical category. The author thus tries to operationalise it using functional differentiation between (social types of) churches and Davie’s idea of vicarious religion.Using empirical studies on religion, the author outlines the varying public roles of religion and religiosity in contemporary Western and post-Communist European countries, and emphasizes the middle position of the Czech Republic.However, the anomalous position will hardly persist forever. The author is convinced that Czech churches and especially their leaders are currently facing a choice between the Western and Eastern models of public religious life and church-state relations.

Keywords

EN

contemporary religion; postsecularism; church and state; popular religion; Czech Republic; central and eastern Europe

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 101-118
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zdeněk R. Nešpor

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic