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Orthodoxy in Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
Drda, Vratislav ; Luptáková, Marina (advisor) ; Milko, Pavel (referee)
Diploma thesis "Orthodoxy in Australia, Oceania and Antarctica" deals with the history, evolution and current state of religious structures of Eastern christian churches in Australia, Oceania and Antarctica. Each part of the investigated area has been analyzed in terms of the ethnic or. ecclesiological diaspora, its organizational capture (formation of the first parishes, dioceses, monasteries, schools and charitable organizations etc.) and on their current status (size and functionality of the existing church structure). Following the various jurisdictions and churches are described. A fundamental consideration is given to the canonical Orthodox Churches, then to the Orthodox Churches with less problematic canonical status, but there are also other Eastern Christian churches mentioned. Within the area the eminent figures of church life are closer described. This descriptive material is supplemented by interviews and journalistic texts, which further analyze situation of churches in the region and their various problems. It is also accompanied by photographic material. The thesis tries to describe ecclesiological tensions between the diaspora and mission, the diversity of ethnic and religious minorities and differences in their assimilation in the new religious, social and culture environment.
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The Christian missionary movement in China, 1860-1900
Sakmárová, Dominika ; Liščák, Vladimír (advisor) ; Klimeš, Ondřej (referee)
The objective of this Bachelor's thesis is to describe the activities of Christian missionaries in China during the second half of 19. century. Most attention is being drawn to Protestant missions, which are more relevant due to the absence of hierarchy in Protestant churches, unlike in other branches of Christianity. However, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox missions are also briefly mentioned. The main point of the thesis is to describe history of Christian missions in China leading to the situation which arose in the second part of 19. century, causing a variety of different approaches to the problem of evangelization of Chinese people. The thesis describes various ways how the missions were practised and what kind of reactions amongst Chinese people they induced. On the other side, the point of view of Chinese Christians is mentioned, with the side effects that arose due to the presence of foreign missionaries. This leads to the explanation of how the Christian teachings were adjusted to the Chinese culture, and what were the consequences of cultural differences between missionaries and Chinese. The thesis is divided into two main parts, the first, theoretical part is concerned with history of evangelization in China and explaining specific cultural differences causing the evangelization process to be very...
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Educational Activity of Jednota bratrská in the Region of Mladá Boleslav
Nedvědová, Denisa ; Váňová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Leontovyčová, Jana (referee)
The diploma thesis discusses Bohemian Brethren, its history, and its activities on the territory of Bohemia, Moravia, and North America. The historical part investigates its origins. It summarizes the period of the founding and persecution. It refers to the important people Jan Blahoslav and Jan Amos Komenský. Further it covers their missionary work. It investigates the influence of the Czech legacy of Moravian Brethren in North America and its preserving. Furthermore, it focuses on the educational activities of Bohemian Brethren in the Czech Republic, especially in Mladá Boleslav.
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Church Free Time Activity as a Missionary Method
Máchová, Ema ; Vogel, Jiří (advisor) ; Kolář, Pavel (referee)
Church Free Time Activity as a Missionary Method Ema Máchová Diploma thesis are trying to find out a church free time activity overlap into missionary effort and it's form. The common grounds are based within the catholic church mission, history of education and modern approaches of free time pedagogy. Author search whether is possible to get over childern and young people for christian way of living throughout the free time activities. Salesians and The Seventh-day Adventists missionary effort range is appraised by interviews with particular church representatives and consecutive reflection. It's coming out from this groundwork, that this is not relevant within church free time activies in terms of mission persiding into baptism. Nevertheless such a church free time doing could have a missionary overleap through a leader of this free time activity. A missioner- pedagogue must be aware of his duty responsibility and not only during his role as a missioner-pedagogue, but in his whole life. Then we can speak about a mission arising from testimony of our own lifes.
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Orthodoxy in Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
Drda, Vratislav ; Luptáková, Marina (advisor) ; Vopatrný, Gorazd Josef (referee)
Diploma thesis "Orthodoxy in Australia, Oceania and Antarctica" deals with the history, evolution and current state of religious structures of Eastern christian churches in Australia, Oceania and Antarctica. Each part of the investigated area has been analyzed in terms of the ethnic or. ecclesiological diaspora, its organizational capture (formation of the first parishes, dioceses, monasteries, schools and charitable organizations etc.) and on their current status (size and functionality of the existing church structure). Following the various jurisdictions and churches are described. A fundamental consideration is given to the canonical Orthodox Churches, then to the Orthodox Churches with less problematic canonical status, but there are also other Eastern Christian churches mentioned. Within the area the eminent figures of church life are closer described. This descriptive material is supplemented by interviews and journalistic texts, which further analyze situation of churches in the region and their various problems. It is also accompanied by photographic material. The thesis tries to describe ecclesiological tensions between the diaspora and mission, the diversity of ethnic and religious minorities and differences in their assimilation in the new religious, social and culture environment.
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Evangelism as a mission of the Church in actual Czech society
NĚMCOVÁ, Marie
Diploma thesis deals with the theme of evangelization and selected evangelization concepts which are nowadays applied in the Czech Republic. Evangelization is presented as an essential task of the Church and Christians. This task is based on Jesus missionary command to preach the Gospel to all creation. Evangelization is analyzed from the point of theological foundation of missiology, trinitology, Christology, Mariology and ecclesiology. Thesis also outlines which qualities the missionary who follows example of Jesus Christ should have, what content and methods of preaching Gospel should be employed. This paper acquaints with following evangelization concepts: School of Christian Life and Evangelization of Mary of Nazareth, the Mother of the Church, Franciscan missionary work, Koinonia of Saint John the Baptist and the Parish evangelization cells. The thesis provides comparison in terms of objectives, methods and partial theoretical findings.
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The role of UNRWA in the Near East
Fajstavrová, Pavla ; Novotná, Yvona (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) is an agency constituted by the United Nations. Its mission is to provide aid to Palestine refugees in the Near East, advocate for their needs and improve their life conditions. The main objective of this Bachelor project is to analyze UNRWA activities including its structure and funding, to characterize different approaches in all areas in question and most importantly to examine contribution of UNRWA in the region as well as its negative aspects. Furthermore, historical facts and reasons for Palestine refugee conflict are discussed. The hypothesis of this project is the following: UNRWA activities in the Near East have a positive effect on social and economical well-being of the Palestine refugees. Also a research question has been raised: Is UNRWA effective and contributes to the stability in the Near East?
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Evangelization and Salesian Youth Centre
JIRÁČEK, Václav
The topic of the thesis is reflection of the conception of evangelization and its realization in the Salesian youth centres. It consists of two parts: the theoretical and the practical one. The first of them describes the evolution of the role of religion in the society in periods usually described as modern and postmodern. Then the meanings of the word evangelization and their relationships with other key words are introduced through some of the important church doctrinal documents set out afte
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Chasing Utopia - Pre-evangelization of the Secular Society
JETELINA, Bedřich
This work gives a critical evaluation on a project that was developed within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Its goal was to address the secular society. The first chapter describes the current postmodern and secular society and looks for possibilities how the Christian churches can influence this situation. The second chapter talks about sources and reasons for the Chasing Utopia project. The third chapter considers the practical impact in Christian world. This bachelor work gives a critical eye to the Chasing Utopia project in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and generalizes the reflection for other Christian churches as well.
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Development of Adventism: International and Czech Context
KADLČKOVÁ, Stanislava
My work presents a simple summary of history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and their mission activities. The first chapter is dedicated to the partnerships, that historically preceded the establishment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The second and third chapters describe the following development of adventism in the world and in Czechoslovakia, that can be seen in wider context of czechoslovak history. This work concerns in basic points the sphere of religion theory, organization and institution and gives a special attention to traditionally strong side of adventism - to mission.
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