Official and underground: the survival strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Czechoslovakia

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13510%2F23%3A43897924" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13510/23:43897924 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21567689.2023.2279161" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21567689.2023.2279161</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2023.2279161" target="_blank" >10.1080/21567689.2023.2279161</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Official and underground: the survival strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Czechoslovakia
Original language description
The paper examines the operation of the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia under the Communist regime, one of the most oppressive communist regimes in Eastern Europe, and the choice of the Church to operate both officially and secretly. Based on the religious economy approach, it defines the conditions favoring diversified operation on both the legal market and the black market. Despite repression, the Church strived to maintain official operation in Czechoslovakia. Simultaneously, it developed an underground structure that allowed for uncompromised religious life. The case study confirms the theoretical predictions that severe repression favors underground operation without eliminating the need for the official presence of the Church. Beyond the religious economy approach, the paper points to the role of agency. The diversification strategy could only emerge and function due to the combination of externally imposed circumstances and individual initiative.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-07748S" target="_blank" >GA19-07748S: Religion under communist regime: A rational choice perspective</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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