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Income inequality and religiosity
Michl, Pavel ; Ježek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Brabec, Petr (referee)
The thesis is focused on relationship between income inequality and religiosity. Results of the analysis confirm correlation between income inequality and religiosity, however, causality of this relationship remains unclear. This relationship is established in the context of the theory of secularization, specifically in the new version -- the theory of existential insecurity. Analysis confirms this theory and is based on several sociological researches with a broad sample of countries and with several variables of religiosity separated into two groups (variables of religious participation and variables of personal faith), which is the main contribution of the analysis. Besides that, the thesis presents other explanations of the relationship between income inequality and religiosity. These theories are based on differences in preferences of religious and nonreligious individuals. The thesis also confirms ongoing secularization in the most countries of the world in last 20-30 years.
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Qualitative research of religious representations among preschool children
KOUDELKOVÁ, Pavlína
In this thesis qualitative research is conducted within grounded theory focusing on the research of how children perceive certain religious symbols, what religious notions appear in children on the conscious and subconscious levels, and what religious notions they create about various religious phenomena. In the theoretical part the following terms are explained: preschool age children from the point of view of development theories, the terms religiosity and spirituality, key representatives and terms of the psychology and sociology of religion. In the methodological part I describe qualitative research, the method of in-depth semi-structured interviews, as well as the different and the common religious and spiritual notions of preschool age children.
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Religion as Part of School Education in Various European Countries
SKOKOVÁ, Jana
Religion as Part of School Education in Various European Countries The thesis in its first part describes the state of religious situation in Europe, it deals with the history of gradual secularisation of Europe, and it goes through the current state of the society as it regards the religion in social terms. The first part of the thesis is concluded by a summary of the theoretical knowledge on religious situation in Europe as far as the teaching of religion is concerned. The second part of the thesis concentrates on teaching religion in individual European states. It is based on an empirical study conducted in sixteen European states by H.G. Ziebertz called: "How Teachers in Europe Teach Religion". The thesis presents the results of the study and concludes them into general conclusions. It analyses the current state of teaching religion in the Czech Republic in more details with respect to general social climate there.
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Muslim Minorities in the European Union: Case Study France
Jebavá, Jaroslava ; Novotná, Yvona (advisor) ; Druláková, Radka (referee)
Islam has been increasingly discussed in the European Union, not only in connection with events worldwide, but also in relation to internal affairs of particular Member States, as Islam has become a permanent part of European religious landscape. Large European muslim minorities are no more an exclusive issue of particular countries which are facing them. Due to the deepening European integration and the current transnational tendencies of the European Islam, these minorities have become a common interest of all Member States, as well as of the EU itself. Nevertheless, a significant number of questions and the main responsibility for their solution still rest upon the individual states. This thesis focuses on the analysis of the position of Islam in France, which is the country with the largest muslim minority within the EU. It describes the specific approach of France towards its minorities and religions, the conditions the country imposes on them, and analyzes the process and the current level of integration of the French Muslims. The case study of the situation in France shows the possibilities of the integration of Muslims into the European society, points out to the factors which can influence it and hereby also to the acceptability of Islam in the EU.
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The military as a guardian of democracy
Ficker, Alexandr ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
The thesis discusses the military's influence on the new Turkey Republic in second half of the 20. century. The first part focuses on the military position in democratic countries and at the same time it shows a new view on the military position than the common one. The next part analyses the historical background of Turkish military and the influence of kemalism. Following parts analyses the military interventions and the influence of EEC/EU on the military position in Turkey. The work aims to answer the following question how did the EU influenced the military as a safe keeper of the secularism. In the end of the work the possible future development of Turkey is outlined as well with the formation of numerous Islamic fundamentalist groups.
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Role of Selected European Faith-Based Organisations in Development Cooperation
Šupita, Michal ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Pavlík, Petr (referee)
This paper is focused on the quantitative analysis of the role of the faith-based organisations (FBOs) in development cooperation. The aim of this work is to determine to what extent do selected FBOs cooperate with government donors in development cooperation. The role of FBOs in development was so far neglected topic in Czech academic literature and this work thus fills to some extent this gap. In this work I characterise selected organizations based on their income, country of origin and religion, on which the organization is based. Then I gradually investigate to what extent do selected FBOs involve in European development cooperation, to what extent are selected FBOs publicly funded and finally compare the structure of revenues of selected FBOs with the revenues of secular nonprofit organizations.
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Using Art Play for Deepening Selected Themes in the VYTAX Youth Programme
VONDRÁŠEK, Václav
The main focus of this master?s thesis is to bring forward and describe the scope of options of how, with the help of fine arts and implementation of experiential pedagogy, young people are creatively aided in processing and grasping variety of topics of the motivational educational program VYTAX, that has as its primary goal to stimulate youth to active involvement in the church. In the theoretical section of this work, the author has attempted to explain the terms relevant to the program itself as they relate to the church and subsequently to clarify the basic ideological direction of the given program in the context of today?s postmodern era. The author places emphasis not only on the program and techniques, but most of all on the pivotal value and impact of quality pedagogical leadership of given collective of young people. In the practical section, the author proposes concrete treatment of 10 topics of the VYTAX program. The scope of topics regarded range from themes of personal spirituality to subjects that not only apply to integration to the church community, but also describe the course of implementation of motivational appeals that will lead participants to an active, creative integration into the church family.
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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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Attitude of the Current Czech Society towards the Issue of the Decalogue
BOROVKOVÁ, Blanka
The thesis looks into the relationship of the current Czech society towards the issue of the Decalogue. The first two chapters deal with the theological-anthropological reflection on man in relation to human freedom and corresponding norms. The third part enquires into the problems of the Decalogue as a codex of ethical norms with regard to the biblical rootage, and ethical and catechistic features. Further, the work outlines the level of value orientation and religiousness of the current Czech society with reference to the European context. Following the findings and results of a research carried out at a public secondary school in České Budějovice, the fifth part reflects the position of the Decalogue in the society
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