The conference on spiritual life came to a close












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            * The conference on spiritual life came to a close
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            On March 11, the Spiritual Life in A Free Society: Twenty Years of Freedom of Religion con

            a successful end. The conference was hosted by the Hussite Theological Faculty and the Din
            took place in the two auditoriums of the faculty on March 10–11, 2010. The schedule was pa
            to late evening on both days.

                                                                                                      
            On the first day, representatives of Czech churches and religious organizations spoke abou
            floor (represented by  Cardinal Miroslav Vlk on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, Patri
            the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren), but also the Jews (represented by Rabbi Karol S
                                                                                                      
            traditions were present, among others. Among the most popular were the afternoon debates a
            Novotný performed old Jewish songs. The atmosphere of the day was joyful and full of inter

            On Thursday, March 11, the spiritual life in the past 20 years was reflected from the acad
            view, with 16 talks by prominent speakers from the fields of religion studies, theology an

            of religion, such as Pavel Hošek, Dušan Lužný, Zdeněk R. Nešpor, Karel Skalický, Vladimír 
            Štampach a další. Speakers from Slovakia also contributed.


            Selected talks will be published in June, in the Dingir magazine, issue 2/2010.
            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch