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Author Berglund, Bruce R., author

Title Castle and cathedral in modern Prague : longing for the sacred in a skeptical age / Bruce R. Berglund
Published New York : Central European University Press, 2017

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Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. One Three Portraits of the Modern Believer -- ch. One Philosopher in Search of Truth -- Imagining a New Religion -- Spiritual Pastor -- Care for the Soul of the Nation -- "She Formed Me" -- ch. Two Architect Creating for the Ages -- Finding a Path in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna -- Caught between Prague, Vienna, and Ljubljana -- Professor as Spiritual Mentor -- Cubists and Monument Builders -- ch. Three Social Worker Longing to Serve -- Discovering Faith and Vocation ill Looking to America -- From Jan Hus to Clean Underwear -- Building Her House on the Rocks -- pt. Two Czechoslovakia under the Perspective of Eternity -- ch. Four House of Masaryk and the Moral Republic -- Philosopher as President -- House of Masaryk and Managed Democracy -- President's Conscience -- Fortress of the Mighty God -- ch. Five Moral Republic and Its Discontents -- Dissonant Voices in the Castle -- Catholic Intellectuals and the "Culture War" -- Masaryk's Message Is Our Message -- Mysterious Stones at the Castle -- ch. Six Building Cathedrals in Modern Prague -- Religious Institutions and Masaryk's Civil Religion -- Faith, Truth, and the Culture of the Republic -- Blasphemies of Jaroslav Durych -- Cathedral for the Modern Nation -- ch. Seven War of the Absolute -- Convictions of the President-Liberator -- Reigniting the Culture War -- T.G. Masaryk-Mortal and Immortal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Resource viewed online 2017-04-14
Subject Pražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic)
SUBJECT Pražský hrad (Prague, Czech Republic) fast
Subject Sacred space -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- History -- 20th century
Church buildings -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
Church buildings
Religion
Sacred space
SUBJECT Prague (Czech Republic) -- Religion
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Religious life and customs
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century
Subject Czech Republic -- Prague
Czechoslovakia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016041625
ISBN 9789633861585
9633861586