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Borderline life situations in seriously ill and dying patients. A space for established religions, or for alternative spirituality?
MARYŠKOVÁ, Jana
The dissertation deals with one of the spheres of the Church?s action in society, specifically the function of caring for the ill in the form of clinical pastoral care in the context of the borderline life situations of patients suffering of a serious illness, in confrontation with so-called alternative spirituality. It asks whether a serious illness is a space for Christianity in the form of clinical pastoral work, or for alternative spirituality, especially with respect to the secular Czech context. To this purpose the theoretical part of the work first stipulates basic and partial criteria for the Church?s practice and then analyses the contemporary social context in which this practice is realised. As the analyses show, the Czech context is characterised by the extremely low interest of Czech people in Christianity on the one hand, but a high interest in magical phenomena on the other hand. This context is then also examined in the empirical part of the dissertation, whose results correspond to the theoretical points of departure and show that the borderline life situations of seriously ill patients open in many of them a space for alternative spirituality as a support system in a difficult life situation. A further part of the work then compares the current practice of the Church with the stipulated criteria and reflects on it theologically. This reflection leads to the stipulation of two criteria ? diakonia and martyria, which enable clinical pastoral care to be a partner in dialogue not only with Christians, but also with patients of alternative faiths, and to react to their spiritual, existential, and possibly even religious needs. The concluding part of the dissertation is devoted to the self-conception of clinical pastoral work in a secular institution. The points of departure here are, among other things, the conception of the chaplaincy service in the Czech Armed Forces and the character of categorial pastoral care, leading to the conclusion that although clinical pastoral care meets the helping professions in many aspects and on the other hand differs from traditional pastoral care in parishes, it can ? similarly to the army situation ? be conceived as a form of pre-evangelism.
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Culture of life and culture of death in a consumer society
MARYŠKOVÁ, Jana
Work deals with the question of the culture of life and culture of death in today´s society, known as a consumer society. Is divided into theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part of the definition of culture from a theological point of view discussed in three different views on the issue of the culture of life and culture of death, as we see in Pope John Paul II., Theologian Hans Küng and liberation theology. Then, the focus is on today´s society, its attributes and its influence on the culture of life and culture of death from the perspective of philosophers and sociologists such as G. Lipovetsky, G. Schulze, J. Keller and T. Halik. Based on the above-mentioned approaches and perspectives have been considered part of the theoretical "generated" some features that are characteristic of a culture of life and culture of death, which became the basis for the practical part. The following practical part of the monitor whether and how these are present in the thinking, opinions and attitudes of respondents. To this end, he was elected a qualitative research conducted using half structured interview. The main objective of the research was based on the above interview to determine whether the effects of drinking may be seen in today´s views on the meaningfulness of human life {\clq}limited` disability, illness, aging, dying, and whether the {\clq}limitations` can change their ranking values. At the end of the work was then compared with the theoretical background of the respondents´ replies.
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The Role of the Priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation
MARYŠKOVÁ, Jana
The work treats the role of Priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, it tries to answer the question about meaning Priest as mediator between God and man. This work is theoretical and deals with various aspects of the priesthood service. It gives short insight into history of the Sacrament of Reconciliation development. It is focused on ecclesiological and canonical aspects and especially on the relation of confessor to God and interaction confessor - penitent. There are also mentioned three traditional roles of Priest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation - role of a judge, doctor and teacher in this connection. Attention is also dedicated to the sacramental seal. And finally, work outlines some differences between the Priest and psychotherapist and possible connections or differences of the Holy Confession and psychological analysis.
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