TY - BOOK AU - Halík,Tomás AU - Turner,Gerald TI - From the underground church to freedom SN - 9780268106805 AV - BX4705.H137 A3 2019 U1 - 282.092B 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Notre Dame, Indiana PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Halík, Tomás, KW - Halík, Tomáš KW - Catholic Church KW - Czech Republic KW - Clergy KW - Biography KW - Église catholique KW - Clergé KW - Biographies KW - fast KW - Theologians KW - Intellectuals KW - Théologiens KW - République tchèque KW - Intellectuels KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious KW - bisacsh KW - Politics and government KW - Czechoslovakia KW - 1968-1989 KW - Church history KW - Tchécoslovaquie KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Electronic books N1 - Translation of: To že byl život? : z podzemní církve do labyrintu svobody; Are you writing about yourself? -- My path to faith -- The spring that turned into winter -- My path to priesthood -- A priest of the underground church -- The decade of spiritual renewal -- The revolution of St. Agnes -- Exodus -- New foundations -- The experience of darkness -- The path of politics, challenge or temptation? -- Windows on the world -- On the threshold of old age -- A journey to eternal silence N2 - "International best-selling author and theologian Tomas Halik shares for the first time the dramatic story of his life as a secretly ordained priest in Communist Czechoslovakia. Inspired by Augustine's candid presentation of his own life, Halik writes about his spiritual journey within a framework of philosophical theology; his work has been compared to that of C.S. Lewis, Thomas Merton, and Henri Nouwen. Born in Prague in 1948, Halik spent his childhood under Stalinism. He describes his conversion to Christianity during the time of communist persecution of the church, his secret study of theology, and secret priesthood ordination in East Germany (even his mother was not allowed to know that her son was a priest). Halik speaks candidly of his doubts and crises of faith as well as of his conflicts within the church. He worked as a psychotherapist for over a decade and, at the same time, was active in the underground church and in the dissident movement with the legendary Cardinal Tomasek and Vaclav Havel, who proposed Halik as his successor to the Czech presidency. Since the fall of the regime, Halik has served as general secretary to the Czech Conference of Bishops and was an advisor to John Paul II and Vaclav Havel. Woven throughout Halik's story is the turbulent history of the church and society in the heart of Europe: the 1968 Prague Spring, the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the self-immolation of his classmate Jan Palach, the "flying university," the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the difficult transition from totalitarian communist regime to democracy. Thomas Halik was a direct witness to many of these events, and he provides valuable testimony about the backdrop of political events and personal memories of the key figures of that time"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2502118 ER -