Department of Practical Theology, Ecumenical Studies and Interpersonal Communicat












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            Practical Theology and its individual fields of study are connected to Church practice wit

            society. The beginnings of systematic education in practical theology in the Czechoslovak 
            connected mainly to the theological Dormitory of the Czechoslovak Church and its director,
            patriarch František Kovář (1926 – 1930). The lectures on Church law, Homiletics, Liturgics

            and also parish administration (keeping parish registers) were a part of priests’ preparat
            patriarch Gustav Adolf Procházka also focused on the practical sides of clerical administr
            pastoral tasks of future priests. A separate Department of Practical Theology was establis

            Hus Czechoslovak Theological Faculty (1950) lead subsequently by Otto Rutrle (1950-1961), 
            (1964-1980) and Milan Salajka (1980-1998) together with Jiřina Kubíková (1980-1990) and Já

            who is currently the head of the Department. The teaching of Practical Theology was gradua
            by the topics of Ecumenism and Church orders (M. Salajka), Missiology (J. Kubíková) and In
            Communication (J. Liguš).


            The members of the Department focus on pastoral consultancy, cleric and pastoral work, Hom
            Catechetics, history of liturgy and Liturgics, Ecumenical Convergence and Rhetoric. The De

            collaborates at teaching theological and non-theological fields and offers also education 
            languages, Liturgical singing and playing keyboard instruments.




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            Hermeneutics and Interpersonal Communication in Church practice; Liturgy and Theology of S

            Bohemian Reformation; Liturgy of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and the Ecumenical Moveme
            Restoration; Pastoral work in specific services; religious and philosophical pedagogy.