Vězeňská duchovní služba v perspektivě pastorální teologie

• Authors: Opatrný Michal

Title variants

EN

Prison Spiritual Ministry in the Focus of Pastoral Theology

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

: The study responds to the lack of theological reflection on prison spiritual ministry in Czechia. Although the Czech Republic has a well‑developed ecumenical prison ministry of chaplains, its operations are primarily of interest in the sociology of religion and penitentiary sociology. The reflection in pastoral or practical theology is significantly weaker. Thus, this study aims to describe the essential elements for the first theological conceptualisation of the prison spiritual ministry in the Czech Republic. It is based on the analysis of the current discourse in the sociology of religion, penitentiary sociology, pastoral theology, and partially other helping professions. Such an analysis serves as the basis for pastoral‑theological evaluation and hermeneutics. The study attempts to draw the core lines for the possible pastoral conceptualisation of the Czech prison spiritual ministry of chaplains with a background in Christian churches.

Keywords

EN

Chaplaincy; Prison; Prison Ministry; Pastoral Service; Spirituality; Religiosity; Non‑religious Spirituality; Pastoral Theology; Sociology of Religion; Penitentiary Sociology

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 313-150

Contributors

author

Opatrný Michal

Identifiers

DOI

10.5507/sth.2022.052