The tradition and Modernity in the Sociocultural Animation of Church Monuments

Vojtěch Kouba The Tradition and Modernity in the Sociocultural Animation of Church Monuments Dissertation Abstract The dissertation is focused on the issues of use and animation of church monuments in the Czech society. The work mentions the basic typology of these buildings and also pays attention to the question of their value. In a brief historic survey, it deals not only with examples of monuments preserved from every era of Czech history, but primarily with the changes of the roles that those objects carried during their history. The aim of this part of the work is a comprehensive description of the present view on church buildings and their function in the Czech culture and society. The dissertation also deals with the term "animation". It describes the milieus, where this term is used, shortly mentions its history and specifies possible definitions of animation according to their spiritual focus. A significant part of the dissertation is then dedicated to the explanation of this term in a broad, society-wide meaning of this word. The animation is understood as a significant part of Czech socioscientific thinking. The conclusive part of the dissertation pays attention to the ways of animation of historic sacral buildings. The process of (re-)involvement of some of these monuments in the life of the..