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Method and level of teaching fundamental theology at the Slovakian theological faculties: an attempt to evaluate
Púčková, Mária ; Bouma, David (advisor) ; Červenková, Denisa (referee)
The thesis deals with methods and quality of Fundamental theology teaching at theological faculties in Slovakia. Fundamental theology as a discipline on christian fundaments deepens knowledge of christology, ecclesiology, and revelation theology. The Holy script, tradition, pontifical and council documents and documents of papal counsels play an important role in this discipline too. In the history of fundamental theology the significant post is occupied also by the Second vatican council and its contribution to the Church. The aim of the thesis is collecting subject syllabi, structured lists of each theological program, all existing study materials, textbooks and distance learning materials of theological faculties in Slovakia. All information and materials obtained were appraised and considering other theological subjects and disciplines, the position of fundamental theology was defined.
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Prayer in St. Benedict's monastic rule and interreligious dialogue
Podnecká, Radka ; Červenková, Denisa (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
Diploma thesis "Prayer in St. Benedict's monastic rule and interreligious dialogue" is focused on the St. Benedict prayer presentation and its importance in the interreligious dialogue. The prayer should be considered as an essential parts of each Christian religious life. Christian life represented and described by St. Benedict, is the life of prayer. Benedict monastic rule has application, however, thanks to the generally applicable principles outside the monastery and should be suitable part of the spiritual experience of every Christian. The main goal of this thesis it to show the importance of real prayer and way of life in prayer for interreligious dialogue by Benedictine monks in the time of Bede Griffiths, Thomas Merton, John Main and Laurence Freeman, representing experience regarding interreligious dialogue with Hindu and Buddhist monks about the contemplation, prayer and different religious traditions. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Taoism in European terms at the beginning of 21st century. Presentation of this phenomenon in Christian perspective.
Kozmová, Simona ; Bouma, David (advisor) ; Brož, Prokop (referee)
The thesis "Taoism in European terms at the beginning of 21st century. Presentation of this phenomenon in Christian perspective." Taoism as the original Chinese philosophical and religious system, which deeply influenced Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism, is presented in this thesis. The main principles of Taoism and Taoist writings are introduced. Taoism penetrates into different areas of contemporary European culture; its influence is evident in science, literature and the contemporary lifestyle. Special emphasis is placed on traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist exercises that are significantly beneficial to Westerners. In contrast, the risk is found in uncritical accepting and simplifying of selected aspects without a deeper understanding of the principles of Taoism and its tradition. These benefits and risks are documented by publications of Christian theologians. The difference in Eastern and Western thinking is the cause of the difficulty of mutual understanding of both cultures. Keywords Taoism, Chinese philosophy, Chinese traditional medicine, healing, Tai Chi, Christianity
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Jan Merell (1904-1986)
Sedlák, Zdeněk ; Novotný, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
Jan Merell (1904-1986) This thesis serves as the output of an enumerative survey of Jan Merell archive fund in the documentary centre of the Centre for History of the Czech Theology. The opening study provides an overview of basic life facts of Jan Merell, a Czech catholic priest, a Bible scholar, an advisor at the first and third period of the Second Vatican Council and a long-time teacher and dean at the Cyril and Methodius Theological Faculty. The presentation introduces the basic information about the archive fund, its development, history and archive characteristics. Furthermore it presents a brief study of the fund content and an overview of the archive tools assembly. Then the presentation brings in selected interesting archival documents and their contents. Output of the enumerative study is an archive tool that forms the third chapter of this thesis. The archive tool contains the list of the particular archive documents according to their inventory and file numbers.
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Method and level of teaching fundamental theology at the Slovakian theological faculties: an attempt to evaluate
Púčková, Mária ; Bouma, David (advisor) ; Červenková, Denisa (referee) ; Salvet, Ondřej (referee)
The thesis deals with methods and quality of Fundamental theology teaching at theological faculties in Slovakia. Fundamental theology as a discipline on christian fundaments deepens knowledge of christology, ecclesiology, and revelation theology. The Holy script, tradition, pontifical and council documents and documents of papal counsels play an important role in this discipline too. In the history of fundamental theology the significant post is occupied also by the Second vatican council and its contribution to the Church. The aim of the thesis is collecting subject syllabi, structured lists of each theological program, all existing study materials, textbooks and distance learning materials of theological faculties in Slovakia. All information and materials obtained were appraised and considering other theological subjects and disciplines, the position of fundamental theology was defined. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The liturgical year of the Prague Jewish community
Lingová, Michaela ; Bouma, David (advisor) ; Mohelník, Tomáš (referee)
Thesis will deal with Jewish festivals in the life of fhe Prague Jewish comunity. At first it will present Jewish festivals in general, their development and history. After that thesis will mediate to readers current form of the festivals and their experience in Prague Jewish comunity through the interview with the members of Prague Jewish comunity.
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Selected fundamental-theological aspects of the Hare Krishna movement
Prskavec, Lukáš ; Bouma, David (advisor) ; Červenková, Denisa (referee)
Selected fundamental-theological aspects of the Haré Krishna movement. In this work we try to give an overview of the Roman Catholic Church as well as the Haré Krishna movement, ie the history, anthropology and theology of religious organizations selected by us. The whole thesis is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter we are talking about fundamental theology and synthetically imagine its history, the state and the most important fundamental questions of theology, such as: imagine of a man in the Roman Catholic Church, God's revelation, fundamental Christology and ecclesiology fundamental. In this chapter we also transfer as divine revelation, Jesus Christ and the Church. In the following, the second chapter we talk about the Haré Krishna movement and symmetrical to the first chapter in this section deal with the image of man in the Haré Krishna movement, divine revelation, Krishna and Prabhupada and ISKCON as an institution that Prabhupada founded. In the last third chapter of this work fundamentally-theologically-evaluate the credibility of anthropology, divine revelation, Krishna, Prabhupada and ISKCON. In conclusion, this thesis will then only recall why we wrote this thesis.
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Calvin's Ecclesiology
Matulová, Lucie ; Červenková, Denisa (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "Calvin's eccesiology" firstly presents his masterpice Institutes of the Christian Religion. The book was published several times. The its final edition comes from 1559. Then I focus on Calvin's vision of the Church. He spoke about the invisible Church which was created by people who had been elected by God's secret will. I attempt to demonstrate the impact of the doctrine of predestination on the life of a Christian. Belief in a personal election becomes a strong motivation leading to greater effort. It also brings reassurance that God would not allow the elected to fall. Calvin offers definitition of the visible Church. The pure preaching of the Word of God and the right administration of the sacraments are crucial to recognise the true Church. There are two sacraments used in the Church, baptism and the supper of the Lord. Four offices has been instituted for the government of the Church. Pastors have a unique responsibility to represent Christ and to serve in His name. I consider them as primus inter pares. Calvin dedicates a part of his ecclesiology to the power of the Church which he sees in doctrine, legislation and jurisdiction. Keywords Calvin, Church, sacraments, offices, church power
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The Dalai Lama in the Czech Republic
Rejman, Daniel ; Petráček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bouma, David (referee)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is received contradictory in the Czech Republic nowadays.Was it always like that? During his stays in the Czech Republic he enjoyed the favour of such personalities as Vaclav Havel and Tomas Halik. However, recently, the supporting of the Dalai Lama was criticized by not only the President's office but also by the Prime Minister himself. Has the view of the spiritual leader in the Czech politics and media completely changed? If so, what are the causes?
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Personological proof of God's existence against atheism
Čápová, Eva ; Bouma, David (advisor) ; Novotný, Vojtěch (referee) ; Svoboda, David (referee)
The mankind is looking for Creator since the beginning of its existence and is trying to know Him. "Is there a God?" so is an atheist, agnostic and sometimes even a faithful asking. Philosophers and theologists are trying to prove or deny His existence. The purpose of this proof is nothing more than to prove that a man has his Creator, to whom he is responsible and he has no chance to opt out of this responsibility. Personological proof that I submit aspires to apodictic proof of God's existence. The thesis are divided into three parts. The first part deals with the most familiar evidence of God's existence chronologically, starting with the ontological proof of St.. Augustine, St. Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas and teleological proof. To conclude this section I offer the current state of research in this field, especially the view, which is profiled in the magazine Distance, a respected online magazine of critical thinking. In the second part I present my own proof of God's existence. For this I use purely intellectual apparatus without the acceptance of faith and I achieve the proof by means of syllogism. From two generally accepted premises I come to a new statement. I support scripture and dogma of the recognizability of God's existence by the natural light of human reason as analogy of harmony...
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