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Course: The Church and the World

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Course title The Church and the World
Course code KFI/KCS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vokoun Jaroslav, prof. PhDr. Th.D.
  • Skalický Karel, prof. Dr. Th.D.
Course content
Church and State in Relation to the Kingdom of God - Pannenberg https://www.getsemany.cz/node/1860 - Know thoroughly Civil Religion (Skalický/Vokoun "Religion and Politics") Have a basic understanding: French Model (Comte): Replace Christianity with a humanist religion. German Model (Kant): Gradually reframe Christianity into a religion of humanism and morality. American Model: A common intersection of Judaism and Christianity. Medieval European Model: Christianity reduced to what is useful for the state and society. Contemporary Western Model: "European (and other Enlightenment) values." Theology of Development, Revolution, and Liberation (Skalický/Vokoun "Religion and Politics") A superficial overview is sufficient. Trinity and Society - Pospíšil https://salve.op.cz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Salve-2006_3-4.pdf The Trinity as a model of unity in diversity through dialogue. A model of unity for both the church and society.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
To give the student insight into the relationships between the Church and the world: how they have developed in the past, how they are currently evolving, how they should be shaped according to the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes of the Second Vatican Council (especially Chapters 3 and 4), and what applications arise from this for the service that church officials and Christians, in general, should provide to the world.
Student will gain knowledge enables him or her to became involved in the service of the Church to the contemporary society.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Requirements: See the individual topics in the Content section (read and understand the lecture content and recommended literature to the specified extent).
Recommended literature
  • Dokumenty 2. vatikánského koncilu.. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2002. ISBN 80-7192-438-5.
  • Boublík, V. Boží Lid. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství., 1997. ISBN 80-7192-307-9.
  • Küng, H. Das Christenum. Wesen und Geschichte. München - Zürich: Pieper Verlag, 1994.
  • Pesch, O. H. Druhý vatikánský koncil 1962 - 1965. Příprava, průběh, odkaz.. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1996.
  • Pospíšil, C.V. Tajemství Trojjediného a lidská společnost. 2006.
  • Skalický, K. Biskup ve světě.. Ekumenický liturgický sborník, č. 7. 2000.
  • Skalický, K. Prolegomena k budoucí filosofii českých dějin.. Za naději a smysl. Praha, Zvon,/České katolické nakladatelství, 1996. ISBN 80-7113-150-4.
  • Skalický, K. Radost a naděje.. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-7192-430-X.
  • Skalický, K. Revoluční dynamika evropské civilizace.. Teologické texty, 5/1999, 1999.
  • Skalický, K., Vokoun, J. Náboženství a politika- dva pohledy. Moderní česká teologie. 2022.
  • Skalický, K. Za naději a smysl. null. Praha, Zvon,/České katolické nakladatelství, 1996. ISBN 80-7113-150-4.
  • Štěch, F. Aby byl Boží lid světlem národů.. Universum 2/2006. roč. XVI, 2006.


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 14.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026