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The fund profile of selected library in the view of representation of topic of the new religions, sects and magic.
Opatrná, Michaela ; Římanová, Radka (advisor) ; Kučerová, Helena (referee)
Thesis describes a basic analysis of the acquisition, processing, access to and use of titles in the topics of new religions, sects and magic in the Municipal Library in Prague. The work is based on theoretical definition of topics of new religions, sects and magic, and their division into sub-topics. A separate chapter is devoted to theoretical description of the decomposition of the library system. In the practical part is an analysis of 30 selected publications representing these topics. This part is based on the method of structured interviews with employees of the selected library, observation and data processing of computerized library information system (bibliographic records, anonymized logs borrowing). In the final chapter of this section there are evaluated the undertaken analysis of selected publications. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Religious society Jehova's Wittnesses and the problem of faith in modern society
Schovancová, Hana ; Rybák, David (advisor) ; Kubišová, Zuzana (referee)
In my thesis, I tried to describe the process of transformation of premodern and modern society focusing on the creation and development of a new spirituality. In this context, I further came with a terminological definition of the phenomenon. Next the work deals with the sphere of the new spirituality in the form of sects. First of all sects are taken in generally, so that the whole theme can be dealt in its width. Subsequently, my work focuses on the topic of Jehovah`s Witnesses in attempt to determine the extent of this society as a sect. Within each chapter it is possible to see the sect in terms of attractiveness, dynamics of group functioning or for example dependence, manipulation and insecurity. In the chapter called Jehovah's Witnesses the overall picture is completed. This religious society is presented based on its historical development, description of the life of Jehovah's Witnesses members and also through its activities in the Czech Republic. The conclusion contains evaluation of this religious organization including general assessment of the importance of sects. Keywords Religionistic, religion, sects, Jehova's Wittnesses, moderni
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Sects, new religious movements and identity i Russia in the nineties of 20th century in the context of overall societal changes
Holmerová, Terezie ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (referee)
Diploma thesis "Sects, new religious movements and identity in Russia in the nineties of 20th century in the context of overall societal changes" deals with the problem of minority religions in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Terminological part explains the difference between the termin "sect" and "new religious movement", introductory historical overview outlines the role of sects in the history of Russia. The hub of the study lays in three large chapters. The first deals with the dynamics of the religious situation in relation to sects in the first half of the 90s, classifies them and names the main representants. The second part deals with concrete manifestations of changes in the middle of the decade, for example the process Yakunin versus Dvorkin or the change of legislation in 1997. The third part seeks answer to the question what was the underlying cause of changes in social and legal position of sects and finds the anspher in the sphere of national identity.
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PROTECTION OF YOUTH FROM THE DETRIMENTAL INFLUENCE OF ALTERNATIVE RELIGIONS
KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka
The Paper deals with alternative religions and their potentially detrimental effects on young people; it describes the developmental features specific of adolescence, a period when the youngsters are particularly sensitive to the issues of spirituality. Moreover, the Paper endeavors to offer a key instrumental in discerning between the "safe" and the "hazardous" groups and to depict the principal techniques of mental manipulation employed by some religious denominations to recruit and keep their membership. The final part of the theoretical section is focused on different components of society and their share in preventing these undesirable influences. The practical section of the Paper is aimed at revealing wherefrom the young draw information on alternative spiritual movements and at disclosing whether their attitudes towards these religious groups are in any way affected by the religious traditions observed in the given region. In addition, the Paper maps specific religious groups operating close to young people living in the towns of České Budějovice and Zlín.
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New religious movement in connection with observance of the human rights
NAGYOVÁ, Michaela
The current society is fast-moving, materialistic and consumer-oriented. A man thus exists in the centre of chaotic changes of the modern world which he/she tries to escape. At that moment the person may fall an easy victim to new religious movements which may approach people and offer fulfilment of their expectations. A new member of a religious group, who is continually supported, thus becomes ever more dependent on the new environment in which he/she feels contentment. Leaders of new religious movements (Czech acronym NNH) are able to manipulate such dependent victims and force them to things and acts, which may lead to violation of basic human rights. Therefore the purpose of the thesis was to identify those human rights which might be violated by some new religious movements and to map the awareness among the general public of observation of human rights in the new religious movements. The research consisted of qualitative and quantitative parts. The praktical part of the thesis confirmed the hypothesis I: Violation of some human rights may be encountered in new religious movements. This hypothesis was confirmed based on results of the qualitative part of the research, which used the content analysis method. The method was used to analyze articles from the following periodicals: Právo, Šíp, Mladá fronta Dnes, Lidové noviny, Regionální deníky and the internet portal Idnes. The qualitative part of the research also included interviews with members of the religious society Jehovah´s Witnesses. The surveyed group consisted of 5 individuals who responded to questions relating to their teaching (e.g. rejecting of blood transfusion). Adequate data for the quantitative research were obtained by an inquiry method {--} opinion poll. The opinion poll was conducted among the residents of Český Krumlov and České Budějovice and it was supposed to confirm or to rebut the hypothesis II: The general public does not have sufficient awareness of which basic human rights may be violated by some new religious movements. After analyzing the acquired data the analysis was confirmed. This bachelor thesis might be used as a material for the general public to increase its awareness of new religious movements in connection with human rights. Consequently, it may also serve in prevention, which is in the area of new religious movements still at a low level.
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Social pathology phenomena and their prevention
ZÁRUBOVÁ, Jana
It is seen on problems denominations and religious movements from many angles. After introductory part where we can find basic determination of problem and explanation of essential religions follows specification of religious movements and their main features. Next part devotes to mental manipulation and rules how to behave towards representatives of denominations. Integral part of work forms empirical research which was performed by the help of nonstandardized questionnaire at primary school in Chýnov. His object was charting of infomedness of students. Enclosures contain wording of nonstandardizes questionnaire, graphs and other documents.
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