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The Youth in the Church
Bouček, Matěj ; Vinopal, Jiří (advisor) ; Vostruhová, Anna (referee)
The text of this thesis focuses on the group of protestant youth and the question of their position within the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (hereinafter referred to as ECCB). The theoretical part of the thesis introduces the reader to the relationship between young people and religion, the ECCB itself, the perception of protestant youth, the history of this group, its functioning and organizational structure, work with young people in the church and existing research on youth. The central point of the thesis is a view of protestant youth from two perspectives. The qualitative pre-research based on semi-structured interviews is designed to outline how young protestants are perceived by the church as represented by commissioned workers with youth at congregational, regional, and church-wide levels. It is also to establish themes for the quantitative part of the thesis and to describe the essential characteristics of protestant youth. Then, survey aims to complement these characteristics with data directly from ECCB youth and focus on the role of faith, God and the Bible in their lives, the forms in which youth engage in church, the ways in which youth are drawn to the church, or whether youth and ECCB collaboration is sufficiently fulfilled. In addition to a more detailed description of the...
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