LEADER 04235oam 22006254a 450 001 9910792873803321 005 20170922081444.0 010 $a963-386-236-1 010 $a963-386-158-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000001111370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4832182 035 $a(OCoLC)958205446 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53156 035 $a(DE-B1597)633187 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633861585 035 $a(OCoLC)1338019148 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001111370 100 $a20160815d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCastle and cathedral$eLonging for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age /$fBruce R. Berglund 210 1$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2016. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2017 210 4$d©2016. 215 $a1 online resource (390 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a963-386-157-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart One. Three Portraits of the Modern Believer -- $tChapter One. The Philosopher in Search of Truth -- $tChapter Two. The Architect Creating for the Ages -- $tChapter Three. The Social Worker Longing to Serve -- $tPart Two Czechoslovakia under the Perspective of Eternity -- $tChapter Four. The House of Masaryk and the Moral Republic -- $tChapter Five. The Moral Republic and Its Discontents -- $tChapter Six. Building Cathedrals in Modern Prague -- $tChapter Seven. The War of the Absolute -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tSubject Index 330 $aThis book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by addressing religion as an integral part of the city's cultural history. Berglund views Prague's cultural history in the broader context of religious change and secularization in 20th-century Europe. Based on detailed knowledge of sources, the monograph explores the interdisciplinary linkages between politics, architecture and theology in the building of symbolism and a "new mythology" of the first Czechoslovak republic (1918-1938). Berglunds text provides an important service for understanding both Czech history as well as current Czech political debate. The author's method can be characterized as culture history, able to connect several disciplines, emphasizing common topic (religion, politics, symbolics). Modern Czech elites, superficially characterized as "ateistic", appears in a new light to be deeply religious, a transition from more traditional, (mostly) Catholic religiosity, to a concept of a new, modern, ethical religion. The study incorporates biographical research, focusing on three principal characters: Tomás Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president; his daughter Alice Garrigue Masaryková, founding director of the Czechoslovak Red Cross; and Joze Plecnik, the Slovenian architect who directed the renovations of Prague Castle. 606 $aChurch buildings$xHistory$x20th century$xCzech Republic$xPrague 606 $aChurch buildings$zCzech Republic$zPrague$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSacred space$xHistory$x20th century$xCzech Republic$xPrague 606 $aSacred space$zCzech Republic$zPrague$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern$2bisacsh 607 $aPrague (Czech Republic)$xReligion 607 $aPrague (Czech Republic)$xReligious life and customs 607 $aCzechoslovakia$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aArchitecture, Cultural studies, Modernism, Modernity, Prague, Religion, Symbols, Urban studies. 615 0$aChurch buildings$xHistory$x20th century$xCzech Republic$xPrague. 615 0$aChurch buildings$xHistory 615 0$aSacred space$xHistory$x20th century$xCzech Republic$xPrague. 615 0$aSacred space$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern. 676 $a200.94371209042 700 $aBerglund$b Bruce R.$01494622 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792873803321 996 $aCastle and cathedral$93718240 997 $aUNINA