Tomáš Halík
Tomáš Halík (born June 1, 1948 in Prague) is a Czech public intellectual, Roman Catholic priest, and scholar.
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[edit] Biography
He studied sociology and philosophy in Prague and in Bangor, UK. During Communist rule, he was banned from teaching and worked in various occupations, e.g. as a psychotherapist for drug addicts and alcoholics. He studied theology clandestinely in Prague and in 1978 he was secretly ordained as a Catholic priest in Germany. Before 1989 he was active in the so-called "underground church" and, in the 1980s, he was a close associate of Cardinal František Tomášek.
He often publicly discusses ethical issues, such as: racism, political and religious intolerance, the process of secularisation, as well as the process of European expansion and integration. As a visiting fellow, he held lectureships at both Oxford University and the Cambridge University. He was one of the external advisors of former Czech president Václav Havel.
Tomáš Halík is a member of numerous scientific societies, including the European Society for Catholic Theology, the International Society for the Psychology of Religion , Washington-based Czechoslovak Society for Science and the Arts etc.[1] In 2010, his book “Patience with God” (Vzdáleným nablízku: vášeň a trpělivost v setkání víry s nevírou) was named book of the month by the U.S. Catholic Book Club and was awarded Europe’s best theological book prize.[2]
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- O přítomnou církev a společnost (For Present Church and Society). Prague: Křesťanská akademie, 1992. (Essays from 1989-91.)
- Sedm úvah o službě nemocným a trpícím (Seven Meditations about Serving the Diseased and Suffering). Brno: Cesta, 1993.
- Víra a kultura (Faith And Culture). Prague: Zvon, 1995.
- Ptal jsem se cest (I Asked The Roads). Prague: Portál, 1997. (Interviews with Jan Jandourek.)
- Co je bez chvění, není pevné (There is No Firmness Without Trembling). Prague: Lidové noviny, 2002.
- Oslovit Zachea (Addressing Zacheus). Prague: Lidové noviny, 2003.
- Vzýván i nevzýván (Both Called And Not Called). Prague: Lidové noviny, 2004.
- Noc zpovědníka (Confessor‘s Night). Prague: Lidové noviny, 2005.
- Prolínání světů (Overlaps of worlds). Prague: Lidové noviny, 2006.
- Vzdáleným nablízku. (Close to the remote) Prague: Lidové noviny, 2007. (Translated into English as "Patience with God")
- Dotkni se ran. Prague: Lidové noviny, 2008.
- Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing in Us. Doubleday, 2009.
- Stromu zbývá naděje. Prague: Lidové noviny, 2009.
- Geduld mit Gott (Die Geschichte von Zachäeus heute). Freiburg: Herder, 2010.
- Divadlo pro anděly. Prague: Lidové noviny, 2010.
- Smířená různost. Prague: Portál, 2011. (Interviews with Tomasz Dostatni)
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