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Accompanying Adolescent Who Go Through An Existential Crisis After Experiencing The Death Of A Loved One
Jiráková, Jana ; Beneš, Ladislav (advisor) ; Matochová, Alžběta (referee)
This thesis is focused on the topic of accompanying adolescents who go through an existential crisis after experiencing the death of a loved one. The goal of this work is to gain deeper insight into the problematics of accompanying of the mourning adolescents. The first part of the thesis is focused on the relationship of mankind and death throughout history and on the current ways of dealing with death and deceased people in our society, including the role of funeral rituals. The thesis also describes the developmental period of adolescence and the relationship of adolescents to death. The next part deals with the process of mourning, its stages, complications and, above all, the specific needs and manifestations of adolescents. The final part of the thesis is focused on the process of accompanying, its types, methods, possible problems, accompanying persons and characteristics of the existential crisis.
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Transforming faith in a spiritual crisis: The experience of Thérèse of Lisieux and Nicolae Steinhardt in the light of Viktor Frankl's approach.
Pola, Pavel ; Noble, Ivana (advisor) ; Kočandrle Bauer, Kateřina (referee) ; Vogel, Jiří (referee)
Pavel Pola, The Transformation of Faith in a Spiritual Crisis. The experience of Thérèse of Lisieux and Nicolae Steinhardt in the light of Viktor Frankl's approach, dissertation. Prague: UK ETF 2023. This thesis addresses the conditions of under what a spiritual crisis can affect a person's faith positively, and the characteristics of this crisis-affected faith. I first examine this question, based on the experience and psychological approach of Viktor E. Frankl, who speaks of an existential crisis characterised by the absence of meaning. According to Frankl, the search for meaning is the main step towards transformation in a positive direction - that is, towards an ordering of priorities, a consciousness of responsibility, a willingness to self-transcendence, and an acceptance of immutable reality. I then explore the experience of spiritual crisis in an analogous way with my two main authors on the basis of their autobiographies: Therese of Lisieux and Nicolae Steinhardt. First, I examine how their faith was formed and what their spiritual crisis looked like. Then I look for the steps they took in this crisis to help their own transformation. Finally, I describe how this transformed faith looked - and paradoxically, I come to the realisation that strength and unwavering resolve were not stronger, for it...
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