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Almsgivinig as an act of charity
LHOTKOVÁ VRANOVSKÁ, Kateřina
Abstract This Bachelor's Thesis examines the topic of charity as a way of dealing with the problem of poverty in three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). First, the focus is on the concepts of poverty and charity themselves. Poverty is characterized as an unfavourable condition. Charity is then a tool to alleviate poverty. A comparison of the approach to almsgiving as a form of charity in the Abrahamic religions shows their similar approach. In Judaism, charity (tzedakah) is a manifestation of righteous living. In Islam, almsgiving is a religious obligation (zakat). In Christianity, charity is voluntary but encouraged. Each monotheistic religion creates its own institutions to alleviate the manifestations of poverty and need. In Judaism and Islam, social assistance is intended primarily for fellow believers; in Christianity, help is universal for all in need.
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Biblical and socioscientific points of departure in the theology of gift
VAVRUŠKOVÁ, Lucie
The presented work aims to outline some starting points of the gift theology. The first chapter follows the discourse of the gift in social science disciplines: especially phenomenological philosophy, ethnology, sociology of anthropology, economics. The second chapter, by working with concordance, presents the biblical basis of gift theology. The third chapter is an attempt to formulate a theological position to discuss the gift in the humanities.
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Ethical aspects in the Book of Tobit
CHMELOVÁ, Miroslava
The thesis is focused on the analysis of selected ethical aspects in the book of Tobit. In the first part of the thesis explains the concept of ethics. In its second part individual ethical aspects of the book are explained. The third part tries to answer, what selected church documents and theological texts focused on ethics say about particular aspects analysed in the second part. At the end, particular events of the book of Tobit as ethical example for our lives and impact of Old Testament texts on present ethics are propounded to consider.
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