God and War?
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: June 5, 2015, 17:00 – 19:00
Why does a Christian cleric decide to serve in the army? What are his experiences of working among soldiers in the Czech Republic and on foreign missions? What issues is he confronted with? How does he experience his faith among those who have to be prepared to use weapons and kill? How is he affected by the fact that religious extremists use God’s name as a shield while carrying out inhumane actions?
Pavel Ruml, an Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren clergyman. He served as an army chaplain from 1999 and since 2013 has been chaplain at the army’s personnel section. He has taken part in foreign missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq and Kosovo.
Also speaking will be Jan Pacner, a Roman Catholic cleric who has been an army chaplain since 2005 and from 2008 chaplain at the University of Defence in Brno. He has taken part in a foreign mission in Kosovo.
The lecture is being held as part of the event Days of Faith 2015.