The Church and Charter 77 – Protest as a Debt and Mission
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: October 31, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00
The non-political politics of Christians during normalisation and today.
What were the living conditions of society and the church under the one-party rule that gave rise to the Charter 77 social movement, which found among Christians many sympathisers and signatories, several spokespersons and a great many selfless servants? Meeting with dissident and (in 1980–1981) Charter 77 spokesman Miloš Rejchrt.
The evening will also feature the presentation of the book Cesta církve – VIII. díl (The Path of the Church – Part VIII), which delivers documents on Christians’ contribution to the Charter movement and the changes that finally led to the transformation of society and the non-violent Velvet Revolution in 1989.