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The impact of religion on reproductive behaviour
Tvrdíková, Michaela ; Rychtaříková, Jitka (advisor) ; Kocourková, Jiřina (referee)
The impact of religion on reproductive behaviour Abstract Religion is one of the reproductive behaviour determinants examined in literature. The aim of this thesis is to find a relation between religion, religiosity and a level of fertility. Using the method of Poisson regression, the thesis analyses data from "European Value Study" comparing the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany and Poland and data from research "Detraditionalitization and individualization of religion in the Czech Republic in 2006". Using literature, established hypotheses assume a higher level of fertility among religiously active population. Affiliation with a denomination, frequency of church service visits, importance of religion in life, demographic and socioeconomic indicators are used as variables. Part of the thesis is devoted to a qualitative researched focused on young believers with academic education. The research deals with their attitude to the Church and opinions on religious teaching, norms and prohibitions. Key words: religiosity, religion, fertility, qualitative research, European Values Study
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Relict Czech-German Ethnic Boundary as a Socio-Cultural Divide of Territory
Podhola, Matěj ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Kučera, Zdeněk (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with topic of relict Czech-German ethnic boundary. In the first part of the thesis theoretical-methodological aspects of the study are discussed with an emphasis on delimitation of Czech-German ethnic boundary in literature. In the past the tendency to draw ethnic boundary as a line prevailed and it was common not to deal with zonal character of ethnic boundaries. In the second part of the thesis the shape of Czech- German ethnic boundary in the Czech lands and its changes from the end of the 19th century to 2001 are studied. In the third part of the thesis the shape of Czech-German ethnic boundary in chosen interest regions is analyzed, and the function of ethnic boundary as a socio-cultural divide of a territory is considered. The aim of the study was to find out if there are differences between Czech and German community in the interest regions. The function of ethnic boundary as a socio-cultural divide was examined in two periods: in an interwar era of the first Czechoslovak republic, and at the beginning of the 21st century, when Czech-German ethnic boundary remains only as a relict boundary. Comparison of both parts along the ethnic boundary in the interest regions was done on the basis of religiosity of population and results of parliamentary elections. Key words:...
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Analysis of the monastic influence at current level of religiosity in Slovakia.
FRIDRICHOVSKÁ, Šárka
This bachelor's project is focusing on the locality of Monastery and answering the question, if the villages with Monastery will presently show increase of religiosity. We are taking in account the activity of the Monastery also size and position of the village that the Monastery is found. Based on our analyses of those factors that affect the influence of religiosity, synthesis is made which will pursue the final statistic facts and the results interpretation.
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Analýza vlivu lokace kláštera na současnou míru religiozity v Čechách
ŠINDELÁŘOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor's thesis answers the question, if monastery, which is located on territory of municipalities, affects somehow religiosity of inhabitants. First chapter (Introduction) defines object and hypotheses of thesis. Second chapter is given to processing methods of thesis. Third chapter contains the most important literature used in thesis, also definition of concepts and theoretic outline of the problem. Fourth chapter describes evolution of religion and changes in religiosity in Bohemia. Fifth chapter works with statistics and looks for possible influence in chosen municipalities. Sixth chapter summarizes all the knowledge and proves or disproves set hypotheses. Last chapter finishes the thesis. Thesis also contains statistical table, graphs and maps.
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Analysis of religiosity impact on the size of international trade of Visegrad Group countries
Mikolaj, Dávid ; Melzochová, Jitka (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is engaged in the analysis of the impact of religiosity on the quantity of international trade of Visegrad Group countries. The core hypothesis of thesis is the assumption that act of sharing the same religion belief affects the level of trust between business partners and hence the number of traded goods as well due to the same culture, traditions and background. This relationship is examined using a gravity model including religious variables, which is composed of panel data of 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010. The analysis confirms the positive impact of Judaism, Islam and Buddhism, while Jewish culture proved to be the most important of the three. On the contrary, sharing the Catholic belief among trading partners has the negative effect on international trade. Neither Hindu nor Protestant religion plays vital role in business relationship. Further, thesis presents and confirms the significance of the infidels and the index of economic freedom in the issue of exports of the Visegrad Four.
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Influence of religion on family behaviour in the Czech Republic
Juříková, Kristýna ; Cséfalvaiová, Kornélia (advisor) ; Stejskal, Jakub (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse current relationship between religion and family behaviour within the Czech Republic, since religious associations mostly tend to influence people positively - considering current low fertility rate, high divorce rate and increasing percentage of children born outside marriage. In the Czech Republic, there is majority of Catholic Churches because of historical evolution. The relationship between religiosity and family behaviour is analysed by regression analysis, which includes more socio-demographic and economic indicators to minimalize misrepresentation. Results indicate no influence of religiosity regarding current fertility rate due to generalisation to higher level of urban settlement - religious people have more children only at historical point of view. No influence was proved also regarding marriage rate because its variability was hard to capture by used predictor variables. However, religion has beneficial effect on induced abortion rate, divorce rate and share of children born outside marriage.
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The Elderly and Spirituality: Spiritual Needs in Daily Life
SUCHOMELOVÁ, Věra
The currenly growing preference for "active aging" aims to promote the longest possible physical and mental vitality. Caring for the spiritual development and spiritual needs of older people is usually thought to be a private matter, or an area within the competence of churches, and related to traditionally religious older people. With regard to the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual unity of the person, it is evident that spirituality ? and spiritual needs as its expression ? belong in the life of every individual, though it is primarily an individual experience linked to a particular personality and life history. Through spirituality they seek to answer questions relating to the purpose and pursuit of life, to higher values, to the processing of suffering and evil, and to some questions having eschatological character. This dissertation defines spirituality's everyday place on the path to a good life in old age. The empirical part of the dissertation is a qualitative study called Spiritual Needs in the Daily Life of the Elderly in Southern Bohemia. The first part shows the development of religiosity or spirituality of two dozen South Bohemians over seventy-five years, focusing on the period of early religious socialization, stages of working life under the rule of Communism, and the present form of religiosity or spirituality. The second part presents a possible typology of their fundamental spiritual needs: dignity, sense of continuity in ones life story, hope, faith and love. On the basis of these findings, recommendations are then put forward for pastoral, social, and geragogical practices.
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Cultural Animation of Sacral Monuments at the Example of the Pilgrimage Church in Skoky
Turková, Kateřina ; Kouba, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Šrámková, Kateřina (referee)
The thesis studies the possibilities of cultural animation of unused sacral monuments, especially churches. The theoretical part is searching for the reasons of the current poor condition of these buildings that have lost their regular liturgical function. The aim is to describe the position of religion and sacredness in the contemporary Czech society. It reviews the concept of cultural animation and its application on the specific case of the church. The practical part of the thesis is focused on the Karlovy Vary region, which was affected by the social discontinuity as a result of the post-war expulsion of Germans. There are many abandoned and ruined churches due to this reason. As a particular example of a successful animation is described Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Skoky by Žlutice and its animation activities initiated by members of the association Pod střechou.
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Income inequality and religiosity
Michl, Pavel ; Ježek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Brabec, Petr (referee)
The thesis is focused on relationship between income inequality and religiosity. Results of the analysis confirm correlation between income inequality and religiosity, however, causality of this relationship remains unclear. This relationship is established in the context of the theory of secularization, specifically in the new version -- the theory of existential insecurity. Analysis confirms this theory and is based on several sociological researches with a broad sample of countries and with several variables of religiosity separated into two groups (variables of religious participation and variables of personal faith), which is the main contribution of the analysis. Besides that, the thesis presents other explanations of the relationship between income inequality and religiosity. These theories are based on differences in preferences of religious and nonreligious individuals. The thesis also confirms ongoing secularization in the most countries of the world in last 20-30 years.
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Qualitative research of religious representations among preschool children
KOUDELKOVÁ, Pavlína
In this thesis qualitative research is conducted within grounded theory focusing on the research of how children perceive certain religious symbols, what religious notions appear in children on the conscious and subconscious levels, and what religious notions they create about various religious phenomena. In the theoretical part the following terms are explained: preschool age children from the point of view of development theories, the terms religiosity and spirituality, key representatives and terms of the psychology and sociology of religion. In the methodological part I describe qualitative research, the method of in-depth semi-structured interviews, as well as the different and the common religious and spiritual notions of preschool age children.
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