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Modern Sacral Architecture.
PODROUŽKOVÁ, Petra
The thesis deals with European sacral architecture of the twentieth and the twenty-first century. Particularly, it refers to Judaic, Roman-Catholic and Islamic buildings. The second part puts into historical context the sacral constructions of individual religions including their function, characters and typology. In the third part of this thesis the representative sample of significant modern sacral constructions is selected, always under circumstances regarding their creation, the urban description and the setting in a specific location as well as the architectural layout, the interior arrangment and a possible use of special technological procedures at their construction. The mutual comparison and the evaluation of the modern European sacral architecture development are carried out in the fourth part. This section notices the function and the usage of light and presents some extraordinary buildings from this point of view. The final fifth part tries to answer the question, how a modern temple should look like.
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Historical view of charity and charity activities of Jewish people in Bohemia until 1914
VOJTÍŠEK, Roman
The thesis deals with the history of charity itself and charity of Jewish people in Bohemia from their approach until 1914. The first chapter describes the approach in a longer historical context from the very beginning through the Middle Ages to the Early modern period, and the laws and regulations which influenced their lives. The second chapter defines interrelation of the Jewish religion and the provision of charity. Activities of the clubs and individuals in terms of maintaining and building synagogues together with providing charity are presented in the third chapter. It shows the main activities and approaches of individual clubs, associations and people to social problem solving. The chapter also introduces clubs that are relatively unknown and explains their activities. The fourth chapter entirely focuses on the description and activity of the club of Chevra Kadisha. It describes the origins and contents of its activity and it also deals with the dignity of the act during funerals and activities associated with it.
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Jesus in the Jewish tradition
GOLDSTEIN, Elena
This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is focused on three resources - Christian, pagan and Jewish, which prove historicity of Jesus. In the second part, genealogies of New Testament with Jewish view in frame of prophets? quotes are compared, related to Messiah, including separated rabbinic tract Toledot Yeshu. The third part tells about Jesus's teachings, especially about his attitude to Torah, and about Jesus's miracles.
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The Social activities of Jewish Community of Prague
KAŠPAROVÁ, Jana
The work deals with the specifics and religious solutions of social activities of the Jewish community in Prague. The first part briefly describes the written and oral sources of Judaism with an emphasis on social and charitable activities contained in the texts. In the second part there are described characteristics and history of the Jewish community in Prague, the third chapter deals with social activities themselves engaged in various social facilities under the community administration. The last part is dedicated to the specifics identified in social services and their superiority compared to the other social organizations. All social facilities are kept in accordance with the laws on social services, but their quality, in particular their focus on victims of the Shoah, surpass the level non-Jewish social facilities services.
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Pentecost in Contemporary Practice
BLAŽEK, Petr
This thesis deals in detail with Pentecost in Judaic and Christian traditions and with all that is connected herewith. It presents biblical roots as well current customs and traditions, but above all it analyses the contemporary liturgical practice which constitutes its primary focus. This work can be divided into two larger units. As its theme is intimately intertwined with the domain of religion, the first part of the thesis examines the Judaic Pentecost, time of omer. The second part of this thesis deals comprehensively with Christian Pentecost.
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