About Ecumenical Institute












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            The Ecumenical Institute of the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University conce

            research into theology, spirituality and missiology, as these have been formed in confront
            as in dialogue between various Christian churches, and in modern times with secular and po
            societies. It looks at both the history of these relations and their contemporary forms an

            Among the areas of research and teaching in which the Institute engages are the following:
            of the approaches of different traditions to theological and practical questions; investig
            in which the relation to Christian tradition as a common heritage and joint way ahead has 

            against this background relations between the Christian East and West have formed and are 
            unity in diversity and diversity in the understanding of unity have found and find echoes 

            documents and their interpretations; and how all this has helped and helps the cultivation
            spirit and Christian way of life in a plural, globalised world.


            The Ecumenical Institute was founded in January 1956 as part of the Department of Systemat
            under the direction of Josef Lukl Hromádka for the study of ecumenical questions and the o
            inter-church relations both at home and abroad. After 1989, under the direction of Prof. P

            professor of practical theology, the Ecumenical Institute was linked to the Department of 
            Theology. The Ecumenical Institute has been led by Prof. Ivana Noble as a self-standing in
            faculty since 2016.