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History of the congregation of the Moravian Church in Jablonec nad Nisou till the year 1945
Oupická, Dagmar ; Moree, Pieter (advisor) ; Halama, Jindřich (referee)
This diplom issue has a name "History of the congregation of the Moravian Church in Jablonec nad Nisou till the year 1945". The issue surveys the german part of history of this congregation. Mainly sources comes from the archiv of the congregation of Moravian Church in Jablonec nad Nisou. It contains common chapters about progress of Renewed Moravian Church in Bohemia and Moravia till the year 1945 and also about religious situation in Jablonec nad Nisou in first half of 20th century. The history of the congregation is divided into three periods according to time of working of individual ministers and includes their biography and theological background. This diplom work follows above all concrete forms of congregational life, economy of the congregation and relationships to another churches. It surveys also factors of separation of the congregation from the Moravian Church in the year 1939. Special chapter follows christian associations belong to the congregation and its worship stations in Hrádek nad Nisou, Chrastava and Liberec. One chapter talks about the work of Oxford Group of Frank Buchman in Sudetenland. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Attitudes of the ECCB members towards current social moral issues
Lavický, Jan ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Janečková, Hana (referee)
In my diploma thesis, I deal with five socio-moral topics and with the attitudes of members of The Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB) towards them. These topics are: 1) Marriage and family 2) Homosexuality 3) Ethnical minorities 4) Dispute over the legacy of communism 5) Refugees and immigrants. First part of the thesis is dedicated to the official statements of the synod and the Synodal Council. Furthermore, this chapter reveals the process leading to adopting these positions. This rather descriptive part is followed by a sociological survey of opinions on the issues, mentioned above, held by members of ECCB. The aim of the survey is to figure out, whether these opinions are in agreement with the official statements. The final chapter is dedicated to data evaluation. The main goal of my diploma thesis is to find out what issues are for ECCB members easy to agree on and in which cases are the opinions rather individualized. Keywords Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Social ethics, Sociological survey, Moral attitudes
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Animals as a Tool Used by Mankind
Jonová, Kateřina ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Keřkovský, Pavel (referee)
I've chosen Animals as a tool used by mankind as a topic for my thesis. The reason to choose this topic is my closeness to it because of my education in fields of ecology and ethics. I presume, that it would be interesting to connect gained knowledge from ecology and my current study of bioethics. The aim of my thesis is to find out, discover, explain and prove, whether and to what measure is it justified to use animals in favor of a human. I would like to try to describe most important aspects of this topic in my thesis. I'd try to answer to this aimed goal through collected information from worldwide and local authors. My thesis will be structured in three main parts. First part will be aimed on animal rights, in a second part, there will be desribed in which ways we use animals and in a third part there are stated ethical and theological aspects of this problem.
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The Concept of Virtues in the Work of John Amos Comenius
Provazníková, Tereza ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Moree, Pieter (referee)
Ethicsisoneofthekeytopics in Comenius'sworks. However, itispaidlittleattention these days. Theaimofthediploma thesis "TheConceptofVirtues in theWorkofJohn Amos Comenius"is to establish a clearstructureofComenius'sethics and to systematicallydescribe his concept and understandingofeachvirtue. The thesis outlinesthegroundsforComenius'sethicalthinking and givesreasonsforitsnecessity. Theworkdescribesthegoalsthatmoralbehaviourofindividuals and society shouldlead to, and explainsthenecessaryprerequisitesformoralbehaviour, especiallyprudence. Itfocuses on the term "virtue" according to theconceptofComenius. Closeattentionispaid to detailedcharacteristicsofparticularvirtues to befound in chosen prime works. Sixteenvirtues in total are dividedintotwocategories - thecategory "ethics" is a set ofvirtuesthatanindividualmaintains to himselfwhilethecategory "symbiotics" covers a set ofvirtuesmaintained in relationshipswithotherpeople. The thesis dealswiththeexpressionsofvirtues, theirpurpose, idealofhumanbehaviour, specificadvice on how to act, and oftenwithdescriptionofthecorrespondingvices. Keywords:virtue, vice, John Amos Comenius, prudence, individual, society, relationships, ethics
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Suicide and Self-Sacrifice
Růžičková, Lucie ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Keřkovský, Pavel (referee)
Annotation: The topic of my thesis is 'suicide' and 'self-sacrifice'. The main target of the paper is to become familiar with the terms 'suicide' and 'self-sacrifice' and to find a difference between the two terms with reference to the ethical assessment. The paper has two theoretical parts. In the first part I briefly define terms 'suicide' and 'self-sacrifice' based on literature exploding some common myths and I present medical, psychological, sociological and theological knowledge on the subject. I also study historical, as well as cultural development of a suicide classification, methods, forms and means of the suicidal act and its specifics according to age, gender and different motives. The second part of the paper is dedicated to the Jan Palach case. In this part, I am trying to answer the question of whether the Palach's act is to be considered a suicide or self-sacrifice and I am also considering its ethical acceptability. I am examining motives of Palach's act, his life story, conducts and opinions, and I am dealing with responses of contemporary as well as present authors and the church representatives. At the same time, I also carry on my own critical evaluation and I am trying to answer the question whether the Palach's burn-to death act is for me an acceptable form of a ...
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The Forming of the Character in the Works of Jan Amos Komensky
Kabele, Josef ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Landová, Tabita (referee)
The Pedagogical heritage of John Amos Comenius with the emphasis of moral education is the main theme in my theses. The first part is concentrated on Comenius` sources and thinking developement. The second part is about principles of goals and methods ih his didactical works. The final part of my theses compares his methods with present practice of ethical education and underlines the significance of Comenius` conection of morality with cognitive learning and religiousness. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Moral Emphases in the Revelation of John
Buřvalová, Denisa ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Halama, Ota (referee)
This thesis deals with theological and ethical approach to biblical Apocalypse - New Testament Revelation - based on a comparison of two historically and theologically significant sources "Interpretation of the revelation of St. John " by Master Jakoubka of Silver and "Interpretation Šestidílky" from the workshop Kralických. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Ethics of Liberation in the Works of Enrique Dussel
Hlásek, Vít ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Jandejsek, Petr (referee)
The purpose of this thesis Ethics of Liberation in the Works of Enrique Dussel is to present and critically evaluate significant aspects of the ethics of liberation in the works of the Latin American author Enrique Dussel in connection with the historical circumstances of its origins and following development. Emphasis is laid upon the motif of community, which plays a vital role within Dussel's ethics sub pauperum lumine. Theological ethics of liberation with its methodological foundations is often considered to be problematic from the western perspective; in particular comprehension of eschatology, the reception of Marxist thoughts and its emphasis on social, economic and cultural context, is often misunderstood and rejected. The question this thesis poses is: Does the ethics of liberation with its social, economic, geopolitical and cultural transformation of contemporary global society belong as "obsolete fashion" on the "rubbish heap of history" or is it still relevant to today's society? Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Humility as the Premise of the Perfect Following of Christ
Jirsová, Barbora ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Keřkovský, Pavel (referee)
This work on a field of Theological Ethics concerns the subject of humility, an important Christian virtue, and researches its significance for Christian practice and spiritual life in general. According to Biblical studies humility as a willing self-humiliation belongs to the essential characteristic of God's incarnation of Christ to the world and of the whole of Jesus' life, his death on the cross included. From this point of view humility as self-transcendence proves to be the premise of the ideal of following Christ. The author therefore perceives the issue of humility as a challenge for daily Christian practice. The work also points out the universal value of humility and it offers the authors' own view on humility as one of the most important aspects of interfaith and intercultural dialogue - and of dialogue per se. The theme embodies a discourse on psychology, which allows an interdisciplinary discussion. Besides the Bible the main sources of this presented thesis are writings of Christian mystics, especially Thomas A Kempis, and works of theologians - Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Jan Heller. Emphasizing the universal feature of humility, concrete examples of "living humility" are approached through the life and writings of personalities from four different spiritual...
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Assesment of Ethics Teaching in Czech Schools
Pousková, Pavla ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Beneš, Ladislav (referee)
Assessment of ethics teaching in Czech schools In the last twenty years Czech schools systém passed by many big changes and almost every subject was touched. One of them, ethics, gained in these changes their own measure. Point of this work is, what is this measure, if it is keeped and what is teached by the name of ethics. A part of the education are also textbooks. This work try to find and appraise them in the measure of basic and high schools, when the situation is little bit complicated. Integral part are attitudes and values of students, primarily on high schools, because this values and attitudes closely relates with ethics teaching. So this work asks which values are supported in Czech schools, on state schools and the church schools also, because there is declarated Christian orientation of ethics, or ethics could be there a part of religion teaching. In the measure of high schools textbooks assessment in main problem their quantity and quality. This work asks what we can find in them and how is a education on the the base of them both in the connection with School teaching plans, which are also appraised.
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