Trust in the Church Hierarchy among the Underground Church Community in Post-1968 Slovakia
Trust in the Church Hierarchy among the Underground Church Community in Post-1968 Slovakia
Author(s): Agáta Šústová DrelováSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: trust; Czechoslovakia; underground church; hierarchy; late socialism;
Summary/Abstract: In the post-1968 era, trust in the official hierarchy among the catholic faithful was far from guaranteed. With the church hierarchy under tight state control and effectively existing on two levels-officially and “underground”-the levels of trust fluctuated and its character changed. Trust was constructed, challenged and negotiated. Drawing on an analysis of the catholic discourse in late socialism, I argue that the character and level of trust in the local catholic hierarchy changed dynamically according to the current hierarchy’s relationship to the communist party-state, the hierarchy’s relationship with the Vatican and the level and quality of the hierarchy´s relationship with the underground community itself.
Journal: Forum Historiae. Časopis a portál pre históriu a príbuzné spoločenské vedy
- Issue Year: 15/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 104-122
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English