The Ecumenical Institute of the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University concentrates on research into theology, spirituality and missiology, as these have been formed in confrontation as well as in dialogue between various Christian churches, and in modern times with secular and post-secular societies. It looks at both the history of these relations and their contemporary forms and possibilities. Among the areas of research and teaching in which the Institute engages are the following: the comparison of the approaches of different traditions to theological and practical questions; investigation of the ways in which the relation to Christian tradition as a common heritage and joint way ahead has changed, and how against this background relations between the Christian East and West have formed and are being formed; how unity in diversity and diversity in the understanding of unity have found and find echoes in ecumenical documents and their interpretations; and how all this