ROLE OF FAITH IN A SOCIAL STRUGGLE USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE PASTORAL LETTER OF THE SLOVAK BISHOPS OF NOVEMBER 1924

• Authors: Arpáš Róbert
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The social movement that developed in Slovakia after the end of the Great War succeeded in capturing the left-wing parties - Social Democracy and the Communist Party. In particular, communists in the ideological struggle did not hesitate to use the alleged parallels of communist ideas with Christianity. Thanks to this tactic, they were also successful among religious populations. Therefore, efforts to establish Christian-oriented trade unions in Slovakia were not too successful. Thus, in November 1924, through the Pastoral Letter, the Slovak bishops entered the conflict and watched with concern the rising anticlerical movement in Czechoslovakia.

Keywords

EN

PASTORAL LETTER; SLOVAKIA; TRADE UNIONS; SOCIAL DEMOCRACY; COMMUNIST PARTY; SLOVAK BISHOPS

• Publisher: Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 839 – 849

Contributors

author

Arpáš Róbert

• Katedra histórie FF UKF, Hodžova 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2019.67.5.3