Evangelical Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague

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The Evangelical Theological Faculty (Czech: Evangelická teologická fakulta , short: ETF UK) of Charles University in Prague is one of the three theological faculties of Charles University.

history

On December 1, 1919, the faculty was founded as the Czechoslovak Evangelical-theological Hus-Faculty . In 1939 the faculty, like all universities, was closed during the time of the Protectorate . The faculty was reopened after the Second World War. In 1950 it was split into two new faculties. The new faculty was called the Evangelical Theological Comenius Faculty . In 1990 the faculty was attached to the Charles University in Prague as an Evangelical Theological Faculty.

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Education

Two Bachelor courses are offered: Theology (for the parish office) and Pastoral and social work. The subsequent master’s degree is only for Protestant theology. The faculty maintains Erasmus partnerships in twelve countries and offers a sufficient number of English and German-language events for foreign Erasmus students. The international students are looked after by their own international office.

Chairs

  • Old Testament: Martin Prudký, Petr Sláma, Filip Čapek
  • New Testament: Petr Pokorný , Jiří Mrázek, Jan Roskovec
  • Classification: Jan Štefan, Petr Macek
  • Ethics: Jakub S. Trojan, Jindřich Halama, Pavel Keřkovský
  • Church history: Noemi Rejchrtová, Martin Wernisch, Ota Halama, Peter Moreé
  • Religious Studies: Milan Balabán , Pavel Hošek
  • Practical theology: Pavel Filipi, Ladislav Beneš, David Holeton
  • Philosophy: Lenka Karfíková, Jan Kranát

building

The faculty is housed in the Palác Marathon , which was built in 1929. In the rooms below is the faculty library , which contains more than 100,000 books in many international languages. It is considered by students to be one of the best faculty libraries in town. There is a small chapel in the third basement . A student church service takes place every Wednesday during the semester. On the ground floor of the faculty is the Marathon café , a place for informal meetings between students and lecturers.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of ETF foreign scholarships (Czech)

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 44 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 5 ″  E