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Religion in the Czech Republic: Basic analysis and the relationship to selected socio-demographic topics
Růžičková, Markéta ; Šídlo, Luděk (advisor) ; Fialová, Ludmila (referee)
Religion in the Czech Republic: Basic analysis and the relationship to selected socio-demographic topics Abstract The aim of this thesis is to analyse the inhabitants of the Czech Republic according to religious belief using data from surveys and also individual 2011 census data. Contemporary position of religion in society is described in the first part, focusing on characteristics of believers and non-believers. Results of surveys concerning religious belief in our region are stated in detail in the next part, oriented mainly on the period after 1989. The part with the analysis of differences in attitudes to problematic demographic behaviour according to religious belief follows, using the data from European Values Study and International Social Survey Programme. Individual data from 2011 census are analysed more in detail in the last part, focusing on newly spread religious groups and furthermore there is an analysis of believers using logistic regression. Keywords: religion, sample survey, Czech Republic, attitudes, atheism
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Regional differentiation of the population in the Czech Republic according to religious creed
Růžičková, Markéta ; Šídlo, Luděk (advisor) ; Fialová, Ludmila (referee)
Regional differentiation of the population in the Czech Republic according to religious creed Abstract The aim of this thesis is to analyze the population of the Czech Republic according to their religion, using the data from the census and current records. The first part describes the results of censes concerning religion between the years 1921 and 2011, focusing on the changes in the numbers of believers in the individual denominations. The next part is concerned with the proportioning of the believers in the individual districts in the Czech Republic according to censes 1991, 2001 and 2011, the districts with the highest and lowest share of believers and the analysis of the differences between the individual years. Furthermore it supplies analysis of the influence of religion on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of population, selected on the basis of consulted literature. The individual characteristics are analyzed using statistic regression, factor and cluster analysis and the influence of the resulting factors is described. Keywords: religion, census, Czech Republic, regional differences, atheism
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Ateisms and his Outcome in the French Revolution
Haratíková, Alexandra ; Svoboda, David (advisor) ; Sousedík, Prokop (referee)
Atheism and his outome in French revolution Bachelor thesis is charakterizing atheism and his gradational outcome in French revolution. On beginning it is describing meaning of this term and outcome of atheism in Europe before French revolution, concretely it is focusing on period of Antique, Medieval, Renaissance and Enlightenment, it is presenting concrete exapmles its manifestation on these periods, too. It is putting accent on main thesis, gradational dechristianization and its reasons in enlightening France of 18th century, it is focusing mainly conretely on revolutionary period on its end and on Cult of Reason, too, within what it is describing by- laws nascenting from beginning of Revolution which were infirmativing of prohibiting influence of Catholic Church, philosophy of Cult of the Reason, ceremonies on its honor and then its downfail after commencement of Robespierre and his Cult of Supremene Being. Keywords atheism, Cult of Reason, French Revolution, the Enlightenment, Dechristianization
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Atheism and belief in the Czech Republic for example of religious life in the city of Kladno
Lapková, Eliška ; Nešpor, Zdeněk (referee) ; Lužný, Dušan (referee)
Religion is culturological terms of great cultural phenomenon that even in Czech, mostly atheistic society completely disappeared. The question of atheism, this work aims in the sense that how the traditional institutional form of religion remains attractive, as far as live and to what extent we continued secularism Czech society understood as a real departure from the individual religious values and spiritual needs of transcendental relationships. The aim is to analyze the way of keeping the faith of believers inside the nucleus, the manner of its expansion into the public and the public reaction atheist, all the empirical example of Kladno. Topic, dramatizujícím relationship atheism and religion in Czech society, are the canon restitution. Working hypothesis on how the transmission of faith, public non-religious activities of churches, public reaction to these activities and the capabilities and activities of churches and religious groups to participate in their own media image. Atheism and belief, the thesis deals on four levels: the first level is the theoretical definitions, the authors summarize that the topic discussed in Czech society, a historical introduction to the situation and the performance of Kladno, which was conducted empirical research. The second level is an overview of the...
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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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Atheism in America
Koranda, David ; Robbins, David Lee (advisor) ; Ulmanová, Hana (referee)
This diploma work analyzes the contemporary rise of the number of atheists in the United States of America, basing this presupposition on numerous nation-wide surveys, primarily conducted by Gallup Poll and Pew Research Center. It goes into depth on the definition of atheism and strictly delineates the meaning of this word and the use of its alternatives in the work. Given the fact that the thesis is written by a Czech author, it also provides necessary background covering the differences between Czech atheism and American atheism. Since the work is purposely not one of literary analysis but rather of socio-political and cultural nature, reasons for this decision are given in a separate subchapter analyzing Flannery O'Connor's novel Wise Blood. History of atheism in America is touched upon in the beginning of Chapter 3, but since the fundamental focus of this work is on the contemporary state of affairs, the roots of modern atheism in America are sought after mainly in the twentieth century. In particular, the greatest causes of the weakening of church's power and the rise of secularism (or atheism, for that matter) are given as following: Madalyn Murray O'Hair's fights against church's influence in public schools and against its public funding; the argument about the non-scientific nature of belief...
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Morality and educating in Jan Kollar sermons
IVANOVÁ, Paulína
The main topic of this thesis is dedicated to morality and education in the sermons of Jan Kollar, the priest in Pest. The main source I use, is his two-volume publication Nedělnj, swátečné i přjležitostne kázně a řeči and his manuscript Česká kázání v letech 1821 1849. His sermons react on the negative condition of the Evangelical church in Pest and it's denationalization, therefore a part of his sermons describes also a nationalistic factor. As well as to the etics, I pay attention to Kollar's vision on freedom and proper functioning church.
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Czech atheism
ŠVÁBENSKÝ, Oldřich
The work deals with question of atheism in the Czech Republic. It offers basic orientation in the problem it defines key concepts and introduces different forms and links of atheism, as well as actual condition in the Czech Republic so everybody can freely decide if faith will have a space in their lives or not. It focuses especially on professional texts of eminent Czech authors dealing with atheism and it compares points in which the authors agree and contrariwise in which their opinions diverge. It emphasizes aspects which according to the selected authors affected the most the Czech atheism ? whether it is event historical, social or political. The starting point will be especially existing sociological researches supplemented by some theoretical conception.
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His Dark Materials: Atheism in Philip Pullman´s Trilogy
ERTELOVÁ, Jitka
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse atheistic elements in Philip Pullman´ s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass). The introductory parts of the thesis briefly describe the life of the writer, his literary output, inspirational sources of the trilogy and a critical reception of His Dark Materials. The middle parts of the thesis deal with various types of atheism and describe the contents of the volumes of Pullman´ s trilogy. The last part contains the analysis of atheistic elements in the trilogy, specifically the analysis of religious topics and ideological and religious movements. The conclusion generally summarizes findings of the analysis of the above-mentioned elements.
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