Pokus o marxistickou infiltraci bohosloveckých fakult v Československu se zvláštním zřetelem na „Katedru společenských věd“ bohoslovecké fakulty v Bratislavě

• Authors: Jozef Haľko

Title variants

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An Attempt to Permeate Faculties of Theology with Marxist Ideology in Czechoslovakia: With Special Reference to the So­-called “Department of Social Sciences” at the Faculty of Theology in Bratislava

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia in 1948. They attempted to permeate through their ideology all spheres of social life, including the area of education. So-called “Departments of Social Sciences” were consequently established at all universities in Czechoslovakia: with theological faculties being no exception. At the Faculty of Theology in Bratislava, the teachers of Marxism were aware that it made no sense to spread atheist propaganda among the clergy and consequently worked at persuading the clergy to pledge loyalty to the regime and control their reactions. All the teachers of Marxism were Communist party members. A number of them also lectured at the Political school of the Communist Party Central Council. They collaborated with the state secret services and informed them about everything which occurred at the faculty. They were actually present at all the assemblies of the faculty council. The Departments of Social Sciences functioned for more than 40 years, with a short suspension in 1968–69, and they lasted up until the revolutionary changes which transformed the situation in Czechoslovakia in 1989.

Keywords

EN

Department of Social Sciences; Faculty of Theology in Bratislava; Marxist Ideology; Atheistic Propaganda among; the Clergy

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY
• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 148-172

Contributors

author

Jozef Haľko

• Studia theologica, redakce, Cyrilometodějská teologická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, Univerzitní 22, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic, http://www.studiatheologica.eu