TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adela Muchova
PY  - 2025
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631896549
TI  - Church in the Afternoon: Tomáš Halík's Pastoral Ministry
DO  - 10.3726/b20537
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1303873
N2  - This book examines Tomáš Halík’s pastoral approach at the Academic Parish of Prague. Building on qualitative research, including in-depth interviews, document analysis, and participant observation, the text argues that both seekers and dwellers appreciate the parish's optional yet comprehensive pastoral character. Many individuals value how their social, spiritual, and intellectual needs are addressed with seriousness and respect. The parish reconciles the tension between religious offerings and spiritual needs through its pastoral ministry and public engagement. In line with current pastoral trends such as equality, interdependence, and subsidiarity, the book advocates implementing optionality, specialization, and personalization as effective strategies for future parish and chaplaincy ministries.
KW  - personalization, specialization, optionality, spiritual search, religious but not spiritual, qualitative research, pastoral models, religious choice, pluralism, secularism, alternative ministry, education chaplaincy, urban chaplaincy, personal parish, Catholic Church, Tomáš Halík, Academic Parish of Prague
LA  - English
ER  -