Searching and Finding: A History of the Slovak Study of Religion

VÁCLAVÍK, David. Searching and Finding: A History of the Slovak Study of Religion. In Bubík, Tomáš; Hoffmann, Henryk. Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened. 1st ed. Leiden: Brill, 2015, p. 55-86. Numen Book Series 149. ISBN 978-90-04-28307-7.

Basic information

Original name

Searching and Finding: A History of the Slovak Study of Religion

Authors

VÁCLAVÍK, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Leiden, Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened, p. 55-86, 32 pp. Numen Book Series 149, 2015

Publisher

Brill

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Chapter(s) of a specialized book

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/15:00082347

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-04-28307-7

Keywords in English

Academic Study of Religion; Slovakia; Theology; Komorovsky

Tags

rivok, topvydavatel

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The article summarizing history of academic study of religion in Slovakia during 20th Century. It shows that the establishment of the academic Study of Religion in Slovakia represents one of the main models existing in many Central and Eastern European countries, where the principal role has been played by theologians, philosophers, sociologists, and ethnographers influenced by modern theology. Yet, at the same time, the story of Slovak study of religion serves as a fitting example of a complicated and ambiguous relationship between religion, its theoretical reflection, and specific social and cultural phenomena and processes, the national emancipation and creation of modern national identity being one of them.