Practical and Ecumenical Theology and Theological Ethics

Field of study:

Religion and theology

Study language:

CZ

Study programme code:

P0221D100018

Typ programu:

doctoral study programme

Application deadline:

30.04.2026

ISCED code:

0221

Awarded degree:

Ph.D.

Study duration:

4 years

Location:

Praha

The programme of doctoral studies in Practical Theology, Ecumenical Theology and Theological Ethics covers a wide range of disciplines and subdisciplines. In the field of Practical Theology students can write their doctoral dissertations  on issues relating to the theory of church, liturgics, homiletics, pastoral care, catechetics, diaconics, hymnology, or the theory of occasional services and focus on various phenomena in the life of Christians, institutional churches or in other social settings as they relate to the gospel communication, both in the past and present. In the field of Ecumenical Theology they can concentrate either on comparative theology, spirituality, missiology, intercultural theology, political theology, liberation theology or the study of ecumenical relations, history, methods and aims of the ecumenical movement or a study of different figures that contributed to it. In the field of Theological Ethics  students can deal with traditional and actual questions of Christian life and values, their theological foundations and legitimations, primarily in the area of bioethics (human life and death) and social ethics (human relationships, work ethics, political ethics, environmental ethics).

University detail

Institution type:

public

Founded:

1348

Abbreviation:

CUNI

Number of students:

49120

Number of international students in degree programmes:

1256

Number of international exchange students:

3131

Number of international alumni:

1256