0482018 - MÚA 2018 RIV SI eng J - Journal Article
Jemelka, Martin
Being a Modern Christian and Worker in the Czechoslovak National State (1918–1938).
Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino. Roč. 57, č. 3 (2017), s. 97-113. ISSN 0353-0329
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA16-04364S
Institutional support: RVO:67985921
Keywords : Czechoslovak Church, 1918-1938 * workers
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

The declaration of the new Czechoslovak national state in October 1918 brought revolutionary changes not only to the political, social, economic and cultural scene, but also to the religious life of the country. The new Czechoslovak national church created thirteen months later combined national orientation, the reformed clerical movement, theological modernism, the Hussite and reformation tradition and a protest against the Catholic Church, definitively discredited in World War I. The newly established Czechoslovak Church received support from various authorities and was seen as the proper option for a good Czechoslovak citizen, primarily a worker. At the same time, it produced a violent conversion movement (1921, 1930) and many local conflicts (1920s). The paper will focus on the workers’ religious and national identification and changes in today’s Ostrava region – an industrial region situated on the ethnic border and in the melting pot of many nationalities.
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