Section outline

  • - Religion in contemporary Czech culture: Which images of religion and religious figures do we find in contemporary Czech film and literature? (Dagmar)
    Required reading: Ivana Noble Ph.D. and Tim Noble, Christ Images in Contemporary Czech Film, in: Journal of Reformed Theology, 1 (2007), 84-106.

    - Religion and State: What are the models of state-church relations in the EU and in Central Europe; what is the development of them? (Denisa)
    Required reading: Silvio Ferrari, State regulation of religion in the European democracies:
    the decline of the old pattern, in: Gabriel Motzkin, Yochi Fischer (eds), Religion and Democracy in Contemporary Europe, London: Alliance Publishing Trust, 2008, 103-112

    - Religion and Values: Are believers better citizens? (Jan)
    Ingrid Storm, Morality in Context: A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship between Religion and Values in Europe, in: Politics and Religion, 9 (2016), 111–138