Description
Nowadays, involvement in spiritual care in public institutions or chaplaincy is one of the highly current topics connected with activities of religious communities. Spiritual care is the spiritual assistance provided by religious communities and their members to the benefit of the military, police, prison system, health care and social services, education, fire brigades, victims of crime and disasters, asylum seekers and other areas.
The monograph "Spiritual Care in Public Institutions in Europe" focuses on these topics in detail. It is written by leading experts in the field of religion law from several member states of the European Union and from Switzerland. The book is organized in a well-arranged way according to a unified system and offers the general public orientation in the important and constantly developing area of activity of religious communities in the public sphere. It is published as part of the prestigious publication series "Kirche und Recht - Beihefte". Associate Professor JUDr. Záboj Horák, born 1975, studied law at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague and canon law at the John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, and in 2002 received his doctoral degree at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. Since 2002 he has taught at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, and since 2012 he has had the title of Associate Professor of Law at the same faculty. Fields of research: canon law, religion law, legal history. Professor JUDr. Jirí Rajmund Tretera, born 1940, studied law at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, and in 1967 received his doctoral degree at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. Since 1990 he has taught at the Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, and since 2006 he has had the title of Professor of Law at the same faculty. Fields of research: canon law, religion law, legal history.
