Kniha si klade za cíl představit českému čtenáři situaci a vývoj katolické církve v Čínské lidové republice od jejího založení v roce 1949 až po současnost (2022). Vedle historického kontextu poskytuje také novodobé poznatky o čínských katolících. Zabývá se nejen různorodými skupinami katolíků, které se nacházejí na území Čínské lidové republiky a spadající do oficiálního, státem povoleného Vlasteneckého sdružení čínských katolíků, ale také věřícími v takzvané podzemní církvi, která není čínskými orgány povolena. Kniha popisuje politická a sociální dilemata, jimž církev čelí pod vedením Komunistické strany Číny. ,The book introduces the situation and development of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China from its foundation in 1949 to the present (2022). It provides both historical context and contemporary information about the Chinese Catholics. It examines the diverse groups of Catholics established in the territory of the People's Republic of China belonging to both the official state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and believers in the so-called underground church, which is not sanctioned by the Chinese authorities. The book examines the political and social dilemmas facing the church under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
The issue of celebrating church holidays as state holidays is an example of the development of the relationship between the interwar Czechoslovak republic and the Catholic Church, as well as one of political Catholicism’s real successes in interwar Czechoslovakia. Political Catholicism managed to defend most church holidays in the changed political landscape. Introducing the single new, and anti-Catholic, Mr. Jan Hus holiday in the newly
created state in 1925 caused a diplomatic affair between Czechoslovakia and the Holy See, and indirectly provoked
significant domestic political unrest. and Článek zahrnuje poznámkový aparát pod čarou
This study examines the question of the beginnings of modern conservative thought and politics in the Austrian monarchy at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The author calls this period a "prelude" to conservatism and explains this as a largely natural response to the dynamic reforms during the reign of Joseph II, which virtually replaced revolution in the Austrian setting. She focuses first on the actual term "conservatism" and then considers the role of the monarch, the church and Romantic nationalism.