A REGION OF THE SOUTH: A PROBE INTO THE TOWNSHIP CHURCH SECRETARY’S WORKIN THE LIGHT OF SOUTH BOHEMIAN ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS  Cover Image

OKRES NA JIHU. SONDA DO PRÁCE OKRESNÍCH CÍRKEVNÍCH TAJEMNÍKŮ VE SVĚTLE ARCHIVNÍCH DOKUMENTŮ JIHOČESKÉHO REGIO
A REGION OF THE SOUTH: A PROBE INTO THE TOWNSHIP CHURCH SECRETARY’S WORKIN THE LIGHT OF SOUTH BOHEMIAN ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS

Author(s): Martin Weis
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: State appliance; Churches; Communist regime; South Bohemian region; Archive documents

Summary/Abstract: The study elaborates on the relationship between the government and churches during the times of communist civil rights suppression. Since numerous articles have been written about repressive elements of the state and about the lives of party leaders and churches, this study aims to touch on this topic from a regional perspective. Researching by means of a probe into South Bohemian archive documents, the study describes both job descriptions of township church secretaries and the success in doing so, possibly even their will to fulfill their goals. The study provides illustrations both from the evaluation of these state employees (made by their supervisors or by the Czech communist government) and from their, often vain, complaints for greater material or party support.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 87-102
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech