Ohlédnutí prvního biskupa plzeňského
Looking Back by the First Bishop of Pilsen
Author(s): Michal SklenářSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Political history, Social history, Theology and Religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation, Book-Review, History of Religion
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: Czechoslovakia;Roman Catholic Church;bishops;communism;Diocese of Pilsen;František Radkovský
Summary/Abstract: The protagonist of the book "V Boží režii: František Radkovský v rozhovoru s Tomášem Kutilem" [In God’s Direction: František Radkovský in Conversation with Tomáš Kutil] is the Roman Catholic priest and the bishop František Radkovský (born 1939). From 1990 to 1993 he was the auxiliary bishop of Prague and then, until 2016, the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Pilsen. The reviewer first situates the publication in the context of other biographical interviews with contemporary Czech church figures and reflects on their significance for modern church history and for historiography in general. He finds it in the genre of testimony, not only on individual destinies, but also in the epochs, the Church, society and the ruling regimes. The review then discusses the interview and introduces the readers to František Radkovský’s life story as well as to his insights into some of the issues Radkovský was confronted with as a priest and as a church dignitary.
Journal: Soudobé Dějiny
- Issue Year: XXIX/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 336-343
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Czech