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Catechesy for the adult. Situation in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
Černý, Štěpán ; Kuźniar, Mariusz (advisor) ; Opatrný, Aleš (referee)
This work uses analytical-comparativel methodology in basic outline trying to map catechetical-pastoral activity of the Church in Czechoslovakia since the establishment of the first republic to the present. Given the extensive topic it is focused only to selected major figures of Czech churches who were acting from the thirties of the 20th century to the Velvet Revolution and who, through their services, influenced the lives of many people. Work first defines the terminology and then presents a theoretical study of basic post-conciliar magisterium of the Catholic Church documents, relating to the subject of work - catechesis of adults. In this light as well as in historical and social context of the past, this work also perceives testimony of life, services, and ideas of three giants of the era which were Tomislav Kolakovič, Ota Mádr and Jan Evangelista Urban. Through their lifes analysing the literary works of those, this work will show individual paths of adults-catechesis and what these theologians were anticipating with as it was found later in church documents.
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Teacher-Pupil Relation in Religious Education and Catechesis
Čermáková, Bronislava ; Eliáš, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Kuźniar, Mariusz (referee)
The diploma thesis "Teacher-Pupil Relation in Religious Education and Catechesis" presents some aspects of relations in religious education and catechesis. In the first part of the thesis, some general characteristics of teacher-pupil relation are described from the perspective of pedagogy and psychology and some ethic aspects of this relation are outlined. The second part deals with the specific features of the relations developed in religious education and catechesis. The subject and aim of catechesis (which is the growth of the catechised's faith) and of the religious education (the developement of mature and responsible attitude towards religious belief and Christianity) both imply the conclusion, that the teacher-pupil relation is much closer and more personal than in other school subjects teaching. This relation should be, above all, based on mutual love and respect. This proximity can become the source of mutual enrichment, but it also brings a considerable risk of failure and abuse. The damages caused this way have grave consequences for the personal developement of the catechised, their relation towards themselves, other people and God. The responsibility in such cases always lies upon the catechist (teacher). The healthy relation between the subjects of catechesis presumes high level of...
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Philosophy for children as a concept of religious education and catechesis
ODEHNALOVÁ, Barbora
This thesis considers two questions, "How children aged 12 to 15 years rethinking of biblical texts? And how can using the Philosophy for Children stimulate thinking about faith of children aged 12 to 15 years?" To answer these questions, I chose the qualitative research, which consisted in various discussions in selected focus groups. This dialogue was guided by the principles of philosophy for children. The theoretical part of my thesis deals with the definition of important concepts, such as religious education, catechesis from the perspective of various documents of the Church and other educational programs, and specifying the key differences between these two concepts, define the structure and principles of philosophy for children, but also the historical development of this program. The practical part deals with the qualitative research in focus groups. This research includes discussion of selected focus groups, where individual statements are encoded and then included in the table of frequencies. According to these tables discussions is evaluated in terms of statements frequencies. Subsequently the content of discussions is also evaluated. The codes are divided into categories from which discussions are evaluated in the final summary with answers to the key questions.
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Development of methods, goals and contents of teching religious education since 1990, the probe into vicarage of Sušice Nepomuk.
KOPELENT, Jiří
The thesis follows up development of methods, goals and contents of teaching religious education since 1990. Thesis is divided into 5 chapters. In the first chapter, there is a list of methods, goals and contents from common didactics' point of view. In the second chapter, are methods, goals and contents addressed from religious education's point of view and also the difference between catechesis and religious education. In the third chapter are methods, goals and contents described from point of view of church and school documents. We can also find there goals and contents of each edition of outlines. In the fourth chapter is then investigation of development of methods, goals and contents and didactical levels of selected teachers in Sušicko- nepomucký vicarage. In the fifth chapter is the final summary of the investigation.
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Small church communities as a space for religious education
ŠÍDLOVÁ, Jana
The thesis deals with the small church communities and their relations to the religious education - catechesis. Three ideal types of the small church communities are designed: family, parish, non-parish community. The two suitable religious approaches are the shared Christian praxis by T. H. Groome and mystagogy.
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Confessional religious education for students coming from secular environment?
SMÍTKOVÁ, Alena
The main topic of this work is an effort to answer the question, whether confessional teaching of religion is the right way to approach pupils from secular environment. In the first part of my work I follow up the definition of catechesis and its history. Next I compare confessional and unconfessional way of teaching religion, and as an alternative to it, I propose the teaching focused on cultural context. I also give attention to the term ?secular society? and consequences from that in religion teaching. I look for goals and contents of religion teaching in individual church documents with consideration to non-religious pupils. In the last section of this work I pay attention to developmental psychology, development of religious judgment and the character of educator. In the very end I try to find solutions to teachings focused on cultural context.
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Ecclesiological inspiration for religious education
ŠÍDLOVÁ, Jana
The thesis deals with ecclesiological inspiration of catechesis as one the possible form of religious education. The ecclesiology and models of catechesis of A. Dulles, created as ideal types, are used to by analyzed and compared to demonstrate the inspiration. Models of catechesis of A. Dulles, coming out from American background, are confronted with official Church documents and European analogy of each model is found. Finally the possible application in practice is also indicated.
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The Neocatechumenal Way as the perspective of New Evangelization process
BERNARDOVÁ, Alena
The thesis presents the Neocatechumenal Way as the perspective of New Evangelization process. Introduction part puts into context critical evaluation of contemporary society and the Second Vatican Council, responding to this situation by reintroducing of the catechumenate. Then follows presentation of the Neocatechumenal Way, legislative processes connected with its approval by the Catholic Church and description of individual phases of the spiritual way. Next part deals with the word of God, Liturgy and Christian community. The final part of the thesis is focused on the laity apostolate, vocation to the consecrated life and the Redemptoris Mater seminaries, as the ?fruits? of this spiritual way.
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Introducing a child into the celebration of Holy Mass in the reflection of preparations for the first Holy Communion
ZRZAVÁ, Marie
This thesis deals with the preparation of children for the first Holy Communion and their introduction into active and conscious celebration of Holy Mass. The theoretical part describes specifics of Christian education, typical features of younger school age?s children and nature of religious education and catechesis. Further more it describes the basic definition of the liturgy, the ways or possibilities of a true celebration of liturgical celebrations. The practical part is made up of two areas. The first section is based on the theoretical part and its basis characterizes the basic criteria which the preparation for first Holy Communion should respect. The second section contains a brief characterization of twelve books and series about the preparation for the first Holy Communion. These materials are reflected from three aspects ? if they are intended for teaching religion or catechesis, whether they count in cooperation with the family and possibly with the parish, or if they ultimately prepare children for their active and conscious participation in Holly Mass. The review is not aimed only to criticise, but rather wants to emphasize the potential benefits of a particular material and thus its importance in the systematic introducing of children into the celebration of the liturgy, from which it is possible to gain the true joy and hope.
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The Biblical Catechesis for Adolescents
NOVOTNÁ, Jana
The work deals with the biblical catechesis aimed at the adolescent youth. The first theoretical part describes the adolescence and problems, adolescents usually have to overcome. Next it defines the catechesis and the religions education on the base of the church documents, it characterises present situation of religions education in the Czech Republic and it characterises the present catechetic practice in the church. The work also describes the biblical catechesis: its theoretical processing in the view of the biblical science and its practical processing. In the practical part there is a survey, which provides topics for practical processing of biblical catechesis. The selected topics of biblical catechesis (Ten Commandments, Kingdom of Heaven) are processed theoretically (from the point of view of biblical science). Next they are turned into particular projects of biblical catechesis.
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