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Pentecostalism in Czech Republic
Exnerová, Helena ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with a relatively modern, but dynamically developing branch of Christianity - Pentecostalism, especially its youngest form - Neocharismatic movement, which is also the most popular in Czech Republic. The thesis consists of three main parts. The first chapter provides a historical overview of Pentecostalism, both worldwide and in the Czech Republic. The second part introduces one of pentecostal communities - Oasis Church and provides a description of pentecostal theology, anthropology, cosmological evolution, conversion process and neocharismatic gospel. The third part examines and interprets the results of my two-month field research of the Oasis Church. I decided to pick up this Church as a representation of pentecostal faith to be able to point out the specific features of this spirituality. This part particularly focuses on the description of this group, its ritual behavior, pentecostal prayer, the nature of charismatic leading, social structure inside the community, and the way they treat strangers. The aim is to understand the pentecostal phenomenon in the Czech Republic by following its historical progress and explaining its peculiarities and its positive as well as negative aspects.
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Sociological and Theological Causes of Formation of the Faith Church
Halasová, Tereza ; Hošek, Pavel (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Zdeněk (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to analyse sociological and theological reasons for formation of the Faith Church and also clarify the doctrinal difference from The Christian Fellowship Church in the Czech Republic. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter presents the general characteristics of The Pentecostal movement and classifies The Christian Fellowship Church in the Czech Republic and The Church of Faith as a specific christian stream and movement. The second chapter focuses on historical context and circumstances in which The Church of Faith emerges and describes the ground for departure of this part of the church from their original organization Christian Fellowship Church in the Czech Republic. The next chapter deals with specific theological base of The Church of Faith, especially in the field of ecclesiology and namely perception of the authority in the church, demonology and anthropology, the importance of healing in the context of soteriology and characteristic concept of eschatology. The fourth chapter deals with the state registration process of the Christian Fellowship Church in the Slovak republic which gave the way to the start of the Church of Faith. It also deals with the difference between legal position of the new religious movements in the Czech and Slovak society.
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Sociological and Theological Causes of Formation of the Faith Church
Halasová, Tereza ; Hošek, Pavel (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Zdeněk (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to analyse sociological and theological reasons for formation of the Faith Church and also clarify the doctrinal difference from The Christian Fellowship Church in the Czech Republic. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter presents the general characteristics of The Pentecostal movement and classifies The Christian Fellowship Church in the Czech Republic and The Church of Faith as a specific christian stream and movement. The second chapter focuses on historical context and circumstances in which The Church of Faith emerges and describes the ground for departure of this part of the church from their original organization Christian Fellowship Church in the Czech Republic. The next chapter deals with specific theological base of The Church of Faith, especially in the field of ecclesiology and namely perception of the authority in the church, demonology and anthropology, the importance of healing in the context of soteriology and characteristic concept of eschatology. The fourth chapter deals with the state registration process of the Christian Fellowship Church in the Slovak republic which gave the way to the start of the Church of Faith. It also deals with the difference between legal position of the new religious movements in the Czech and Slovak society.
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Pentecostalism in Czech Republic
Exnerová, Helena ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Zdeněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with a relatively modern, but dynamically developing branch of Christianity - Pentecostalism, especially its youngest form - Neocharismatic movement, which is also the most popular in Czech Republic. The thesis consists of three main parts. The first chapter provides a historical overview of Pentecostalism, both worldwide and in the Czech Republic. The second part introduces one of pentecostal communities - Oasis Church and provides a description of pentecostal theology, anthropology, cosmological evolution, conversion process and neocharismatic gospel. The third part examines and interprets the results of my two-month field research of the Oasis Church. I decided to pick up this Church as a representation of pentecostal faith to be able to point out the specific features of this spirituality. This part particularly focuses on the description of this group, its ritual behavior, pentecostal prayer, the nature of charismatic leading, social structure inside the community, and the way they treat strangers. The aim is to understand the pentecostal phenomenon in the Czech Republic by following its historical progress and explaining its peculiarities and its positive as well as negative aspects.
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