I am interested in this area as my great-grandma and her family came from the Czech/Slovakia area in the late 1800s. I visited the Czech Republic about a dozen years ago, and was struck by the large amount of atheism. I will check out this resource.
Sounds like an excellent biography and snapshot of an amazing era.
This sentence caught my eye: “I fear that Russia will go on being tossed to and fro between dictatorship and chaos, because it lacks the cultural and moral preconditions for building a democratic society.” Which is also why democracy has such little success outside of the West.
Amazing story!!! Thank you!! Two quotes really spoke to me! Halík writes that conversion is like the sunrise, not seeing new things, but seeing everything in a new light, the destruction of Communism using spiritual weapons. Well said!
I am interested in this area as my great-grandma and her family came from the Czech/Slovakia area in the late 1800s. I visited the Czech Republic about a dozen years ago, and was struck by the large amount of atheism. I will check out this resource.
Nancy, yes, sadly Czechia is one of the most irreligious places in Europe, whereas Poland is far more religious now than it was before.
Sounds like an excellent biography and snapshot of an amazing era.
This sentence caught my eye: “I fear that Russia will go on being tossed to and fro between dictatorship and chaos, because it lacks the cultural and moral preconditions for building a democratic society.” Which is also why democracy has such little success outside of the West.
Yep, I think Halik nailed it!
Amazing story!!! Thank you!! Two quotes really spoke to me! Halík writes that conversion is like the sunrise, not seeing new things, but seeing everything in a new light, the destruction of Communism using spiritual weapons. Well said!