In Between "Away From Rome!" and "Modus vivendi": on fate of the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia, during the first Republic
2005
Abstract
Since the beginning of the 20th century, in religion, as well as in other sectors of social life in the Czechoslovak Republic, the influence of secularization, liberalization, and modernization started to manifest itself. The impact was following: 1) decline in numbers of Catholics, 2) strengthening the influence of Protestant Churches, and 3) attempts to reform the Roman-Catholic Church and calls for its modernization.