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Aspects of dying and death in selected world religions
OLIVOVÁ, Tereza
Dying, death and burial of dead people, those are integral parts of each one´s life. However, despite this fact, the death and everything connected to it is understood by the society as something negative or taboo. Dying, which can take different time, is the last stage of one´s life. Death means the end of an organism, and it must always be stated by a doctor. Nowadays, the death moved from a home to an institution. That is the reason why it is nowadays said to much about the medicalization of death and depersonalization of dying people. Especially in recent years, the phenomenon of taboo of death, which is defined as a lack of basic knowledge in carrying out effective nursing care for the dying, is getting forward. Accordingly to fact that the death and dying is an everyday part of the nursing profession, nurses must have lots of knowledge and skill prerequisites for providing a succesful performance in their nursing career. It is necessary for a nurse, to provide a culturally competent care and if so, he or she must recognize not only the cultural profile of the patient, but also his or her own attitudes, values, heritage, cultural behavior and recognition of specifics in terms of similarites and differences between the minority and majority. In the Czech Republic there live 10,436,560 inhabitants, being part of 23 different nationalities and within this population, there is 2,168,952 people which are believers. At the time of an evolving globalization-unifying the society it is required to have the knowledge of cultural specificities and differences in connection with dying, death and transcultural nursing. My bachelor thesis named Aspects of dying and death in selected world religions, is based only on theoretical background and it tries to describe individual differences which are obvious in selected world religions, namely Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism, focusing on the final stage of a human life in the formo f dying, death and burial. This work is supposed to have an informative character. The goal, while making this paper, was to provide the reader with a basic picture of four world religions and their attitude in the case of death and dying patients from different cultures and different religious beliefs, than our general society has. A big part of my analysis is a description of a situation, where cultural destructiveness, disability or blindness may occur, thanks to the not-knowing of cultural specificities of the patient, while providing the transcultural nursing care. To obtain the information conserning the current state of knowledge that is described on the following pages of this work, it was necessary to study a large number of bibliographic documents both from Czech, as well as from foreign experts who deal with dying and death and religion itself. Other important sources for this work were professional journals, including the magazine Contact, which is published by the fakulty of Health and Social Care, with the University of South Bohemia, which describes the latest findings, regarding nursing topics so they are related to the topic of this thesis. With the help of operationalization of key words, for searching i used the PudMed professional databases Scopus and EBSCO. This thesis should be enought to explain the differences that are evident in various religions, and thus enable to navigate better in the topic of transcultural nursing at the time of death and dying. The work could also increase the interest of individuals in these phenomenom. The results obtained can be used as a background material for teaching of nursing subjects or for example, as a contribution for seminars, courses and conferences dealing with this issue.
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Are inhabitants of western Europe happier that inhabitants of eastern Europe?
Čermák, Jiří ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Karpová, Eva (referee)
The aim of master thesis is finding answers to the question, if inhabitants of western Europe are happier than inhabitants of eastern Europe. I want to compare standards of living in these regions based on the indexes of living standards. Further I want find out, if the happiness is measurable. Europe during the economic crisis has shown that GDP of countries slowed down, but is this economic indicator showing happiness of nations? Does it present satisfaction and well-being of the population? Can we identify some relation or dependence between GDP and happiness of the population? What are the indicators that are able to answer this question? A substantial part of my work will be comparison of the individual indexes of living standards and I will specify, what means standard of living and what are the components. In the practical part I want to compare reality in different areas of human life, which is related to the standard of living and to compare these data between the nations in western Europe and eastern Europe.
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Motivation to profess and practise Buddhism.
PANDADISOVÁ, Tereza
Bachelor thesis is aimed on exploring motives which lead members of Buddhist centers Diamond way to profess and practice Buddhism. Main goal of the work is to map leading motives, shared opinions, values, habits and norms of people who practice Diamond way Buddhism. Theoretical part is focused on status of Buddhism in the Czech Republic, psychological aspects of a membership in the spiritual group and on theoretical concepts of motivation that are connected to aspects of spiritual conversion. Practical part deals with mapping of the most common motives of community members, selfconcept role and creation of social constructs. In qualitatively aimed part, my thesis tries to outline how this religion fits to life story of community members, what is their gain, where do they head, what is the role of selfconcept in this religion and how Buddhism forms selfconcept, what are coping strategies of the members and what is the meaning of membership in this spiritual group within the lifestyle. As research method there was used ethnographic study which should allow to, with help of participant observation and semi-structured narrative interviews, reveal meanings and immersion to natural environment of the community.
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The world of faith from the Fine Arts perspective
SEDLÁČKOVÁ, Karolína
Annotation This bachelor thesis has got two main parts - theoretical one and practical one. The theoretical part is called "The world of faith from the Fine Arts perspective" and describes islamic culture, buddhism and hinduism, their origin, basic practises, traditions and their relationship to Art. In the second part, the practical one, there are included three pictures measuring 100x80 cm, whose source of inspiration comes from the ?lettrism? (Urbásek, Tápies, Tobey) and the next source is the culture of the religions, which are mentioned above.
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Business and Cultural Specifics of Burma
Tomková, Markéta ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Klosová, Anna (referee)
The aim of my bachelor thesis is to outline the process of business negotiation in Burma, business etiquette and cultural specifics of the country and also to verify the hypothesis that they are so different from our practices as to prevent citizens of the Czech Republic and Burma from communicating and doing business with each other, or that they distinctively complicate these matters. The paper should serve as a comprehensive guide for future investors, entrepreneurs, business representatives and other people, who want to learn something more about this country. The body of the thesis is divided into four chapters, whereas the introductory chapter provides basic characteristics of the country such as history, geography, demography, administrative division of the country and the current political situation. The second chapter is focused on the economic stuation and business relations between Burma and the Czech Republic with an emphasis on basic conditions of the use of Czech products in the local marketplace. The third chapter is an analysis of business practices and etiquette, and the last chapter concentrates on specific features of Burmese culture, whose knowledge constitutes a basic prerequisite for misunderstanding the nature of the local population and establishment of successful business relations. The paper is based on Czech and foreign books and internet resources, statistics made by international organizations,observations of guide Radka Tkáčiková, personal experience of foreign business representatives operating in Burma and information provided by Ing. Ivan Chválny from the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bangkok.
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Meditation practice in Tibetan Buddhism (Comparision selected schools in Czech Republic intent on meditation experience)
BOHOŇKOVÁ, Denisa
The work deals with the issue of Tibetan Buddhism and is divided into two parts, the theoretical and practical. The first chapter is devoted to the creation and deve-lopment of Tibetan Buddhist, its teachings and the four main schools. The second chapter describes the spread of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. The chapter also contains a description of operating centers, schools and organizations in the Czech Republic. The third chapter focuses on description and explanation of meditation and meditation practices that are typical of Tibetan Buddhism. The practical part is devoted to meditation experiences and how they are perceived in everyday life. The practical part includes a transcript of several interviews with active Buddhists from various Buddhist centers in the Czech Republic. The end of the chapter is a commentary and assessment of interviews.
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Spirituality and religiosity of students of helping professions (in cultures with Christian and Buddhist traditions)
ŠVEHLOVÁ, Blanka
The bachelor thesis called {\clq}qSpirituality and religiousness of students in helping professions (in cultures with Christian and Buddhist traditions) deals with an importance of a religion and a spiritual life for a choice as well as performance of helping professions. This thesis would like to draw an attention to the importance of spiritual dimensions both of clients and professionals in helping professions themselves. In the theoretical part I first focused on definitions of important concepts related to the topic. Further, I look at the spirituality as a part of a holistic conception of a man, which should be a basis for a successful care for the clients. There are also for me important questions, dealing with a motivation of students for the helping professions, to which I devote specifically from the perspective of Buddhism and Christianity. The Christian-Buddhist dialogue bears through the whole thesis. It builds, in the context of a globalized world, on the need of a mutual understanding and tolerance. Last, but not least I also included a chapter dealing with parallels between religious and psychotherapeutic effects. The research part of the thesis consists of a questionnaire survey, a secondary data analysis and a group interview with students of the University of South Bohemia, where the Czech part of the research was carried out. I also hold the questionnaire survey during my foreign intership in Chiang Mai University in Thailand. In the discussion, I come to conclusions which confirm that helping professions are still inseparably linked to a religious faith and spiritual values. The comparison of the Czech and Thai environments clearly shows a conservation of the traditional Buddhist society in contrast with the various, in relation to the religion not sharply defined, European country. The aim of the thesis is a description of the spiritual life, religiosity and spiritual needs of university students of helping professions compared to the Czech and Thai environment. To achieve this aim, I tried to link the theoretical foundations with the research part of the thesis. I believe that by processing this topic I can contribute to an emphasis of the human spiritual dimension in the therapeutic process. Though it is named in the holistic concept of a man, but then it does not usually acquire clearer outlines. This thesis would therefore like to point out a constant topicality of this theme.
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Conversion from Christianity to Buddhism
ŠTARKOVÁ, Iva
My work is about expanding of Buddhism to the Western world and its current situation there. One chapter is about Buddhism in Czech Republic, in its history and current form. Last chapter of the Theoretical part outlines reasons, why some people from countries with Christian tradition converts to Buddhism. In practical part of my work, there are several interviews with people, which are or were practising Buddhism. Interviews follow their motivations in interest with Buddhism and also their opinions on Christianity. Sceond part of practical part are my comments on interviews and summary of respondets statements.
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The Diamond Way Buddhism in Relation to the Line of Karma Kagyu
CHVOSTOVÁ, Veronika
The bachelor thesis is about the youngest part of the Buddha´s teaching {--} Diamond Way. At first it describes the Diamond Way Buddhism, it´s origin, ritual practice or symbology, the literature and the path of enlightenment as well. Then it deals with the Tibetan school Karma Kagyu, it´s leaders, meditation practice and it´s expansion into western world and Czech Republic.
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