Sightings Articles
A Public Theologian from "Atheist" Czechia: Tomáš Halík Turns Seventy
Czech theologian, sociologist, and Catholic priest Tomáš Halík (born June 1, 1948) will soon become a septuagenarian. By any measure, Halík has lived a remarkable life that has helped intellectually and spiritually shape a great number of people from...
May 31, 2018
Financing Churches in Slovakia: Debate and Dilemma
A fairly large portion of the Slovak public believes that an inordinately important concern of churches—especially the dominant Roman Catholic Church—is to pursue their economic interest and extend political influence. As a result, Slovak churches fa...
June 2, 2011
Religious Registration in the Slovak Republic: Constitutional yet Patently Problematic
Early last month, the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic rendered a long-awaited landmark decision on a complaint filed by Prosecutor General Dobroslav Trnka, who argued primarily that the present law governing the registration of churches a...
March 18, 2010
The Velvet Prophet: Vaclav Havel and his Message of Responsibility
This week marks the twenty-year anniversary of the beginning of the “Velvet Revolution” (or the “Gentle Revolution” as referred to by the Slovaks), which led to the rapid demise of the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia. On November 17, 1989 in P...