Remembering Ludek Broz: Theologian of a Radical Christian Humanism

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Ludek Broz is perhaps the least known of a group of twentieth-century Czech theologians which included Josef Hormadka, Jan Milic Lochman, and Milan Opocensky. However, Broz has left a theological legacy that deserves to be remembered. For most of his career Broz was a professor of theology at the Comenius Theological Faculty in Prague and chief editor of the Czech church publishing house Kalich. He was a founding editor of Communio Viatorum, author of numerous works on contemporary theology, and a frequent speaker at ecumenical gatherings.
From 1991 through 2002 he was the editor of Metanoia—An Independent Periodical of Social and Cultural Issues which highlighted progressive theological thought and commentary from around the world. Through his editorials, Broz was a relentless critic of the free market economic system which has become a hallmark of liberal democracy.
Broz was also interested in world affairs and traveled throughout Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia to further international understanding. His relationship with Korea was especially close as he visited here to attend an international conference and to be a guest lecturer at Hanil University. In his international work he always sought to show the connections between the global economy and the gap between the rich and the poor nations.
Drawing upon the religious reformer John Hus and the social reformer John Amos Comenius, Broz advocated a Christian humanism that opposed both the dehumanizing forces of the East which were political, and the dehumanizing forces of the West which are economic. He favored a Christian faith that was humane and he sought, in a true Christian fashion, to show that the Reformation was in its original intent truly radical.
As a person Broz was caring, witty, warm, and understanding. He was truly a Christian humanist in the finest sense of the word, and he has left us a rich theological legacy.

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2 Ludek Broz, "Towards a More Inclusive Concept of the Reformation" 10 (10): 96-, 2000

3 Bill Novelli, "Time to Get Mad—Again" 31-, 2007

4 Jan Milic Lochman, "Theology and Cultural Contexts"

5 Ludek Broz, "The Gospel Today" ISPCK 1984

6 Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History and the Last Man" Penguin Books 1992

7 Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History" 16 : 3-18, 1989

8 Josef L. Hromadka, "The Church and Today’s International Situation—Amsterdam, August 1948" Christian Peace Conference, International 1998

9 See Edgardo Coon-Emeric, "Symphonic Truth: von Balthasar and Christian Humanism" 122 (122): 30-34, 2005

10 Daniel J. Adams, "Postmodern Dislocations and Christian Responsibility" 20 (20): 89-112, 2006

11 Daniel J. Adams, "One such translation was the author’s book, In Cross-Cultural Theology: Western Reflections in Asia" John Knox Press 1987

12 Vivienne Menkes, "One of the fruits of this dialogue was Vitezslav Gardavsky, God Is Not Yet Dead" Penguin Books 1973

13 Lubomr Novy, "For the philosophical roots of twentieth century Czech Protestant thinkers, In Czech Philosophy in the XXth Century: Czech Philosophical Studies II" Paideia Press & The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy 63-76, 1994

14 "For the life and work of John Hus see the following three books by Matthew Spinka, John Hus and the Czech Reform" University of Chicago Press 1966

15 "For the life and work of John Hus see the following three books by Matthew Spinka John Hus: A Biography" Princeton University Press 1968

16 "For the life and work of John Hus see the following three books by Matthew Spinka John Hus at the Council of Constance" Columbia University Press 1965

17 "For the life and work of John Amos Comenius see Matthew Spinka, John Amos Comenius, That Incomparable Moravian" University of Chicago Press 1943

18 "For the life and work of John Amos Comenius see Matthew Spinka The School of Infancy" University of North Carolina Press 1956

19 "For the life and work of John Amos Comenius see Matthew Spinka John Amos Comenius on Education, introduction by Jean Piaget" Teachers College Press, Columbia University 1967

20 "For the life and work of John Amos Comenius see Matthew Spinka Two of Comenius’s well-known works that are available in English are The Labyrinth of the World" National Union of Czechoslovak Protestants 1942

21 Joseph C. Mclelland, "For more information on this Italian reformer, In Vermigli, Peter Martyr (1500-1562) Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith" Westminster/John Knox Press 384-385, 1992

22 David Leonhardt, "For Executives, Nest Egg is Wrapped in a Security Blanket"

23 Ludek Broz, "Editorial: The Unquestionable End of the Twentieth Century" 11 (11): 1-, 2001

24 Broz, "Editorial: More Horrors to Follow" 12 (12): 4-, 2002

25 Broz, "Editorial: Democracy, This Ambiguous Venture" 6 (6): 171-, 1996

26 Ludek Broz, "Editorial" 1 : 1-, 1991

27 "Confessing Christ in an Unjust World: A processus confessionis"

28 Ludek Broz, "Broz translated it into Czech as Teologie Napric Kulturami:Zapadni Uvahy v Asii" Metanoia Press 1999