Castle and Cathedral : Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One Three Portraits of the Modern Believer -- Chapter One The Philosopher in Search of Truth -- Imagining a New Religion -- The Spiritual Pastor -- Care for the Soul of the Nation -- "She Formed Me" -- Chapter Two The Architect Creating for the Ages -- Finding a Path in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna -- Caught between Prague, Vienna, and Ljubljana -- The Professor as Spiritual Mentor -- Cubists and Monument Builders -- Chapter Three The Social Worker Longing to Serve -- Discovering Faith and Vocation -- Looking to America -- From Jan Hus to Clean Underwear -- Building Her House on the Rocks -- Part Two Czechoslovakia under the Perspective of Eternity -- Chapter Four The House of Masaryk and the Moral Republic -- The Philosopher as President -- The House of Masaryk and Managed Democracy -- The President's Conscience -- A Fortress of the Mighty God -- Chapter Five The Moral Republic and Its Discontents -- Dissonant Voices in the Castle -- Catholic Intellectuals and the "Culture War" -- Masaryk's Message Is Our Message -- Mysterious Stones at the Castle -- Chapter Six Building Cathedrals in Modern Prague -- Religious Institutions and Masaryk's Civil Religion -- Faith, Truth, and the Culture of the Republic -- The Blasphemies of Jaroslav Durych -- A Cathedral for the Modern Nation -- Chapter Seven The War of the Absolute -- Convictions of the President-Liberator -- Reigniting the Culture War -- T. G. Masaryk-Mortal and Immortal -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
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