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Development of theological discourse at Dorothea Sölle
BALI, Kateřina
The presented work deals with the theological reflection of the ideas of Protestant, feminist theologian Dorothee Sölle, related to her work Mysticism and Resistance. The aim of this work is to reflect on the concepts of mysticism and resistance, while viewing mysticism and resistance in direct relation to Sölle's position within feminist liberation theology, i.e. attempting to place ideas about mysticism and resistance in the framework of her early theological thinking. With regard to Sölle's position within feminist theology, the work also deals with the question of how mysticism and resistance take on the future form of feminist liberation theology. The focus of this work, through the hermeneutic method, is mainly the reflection of the relationship between action and contemplation, standing at the core of mysticism and resistance. Against the background of Zimmerling's criticism of mysticism and resistance, primarily from the politicization of mysticism, the work tries to reflect on the relationship between mysticism and resistance, which is a relationship of radical correlation. Zimmerling's criticism seems justified in view of the focus on relationships within creation and the related transformation of man, instead of the relationship with God. In a certain respect, mysticism as resistance takes on the form of political mysticism, more precisely the mysticism of liberation. The reflection of mysticism as resistance raises questions about the "need" of the "contemplative dimension", which as a result can appear secondary. The work tries to find answers in Sölle's text, and that answer can be the reflection of aimless prayer, which is the "heart" of mysticism as resistance. Although Sölle emphasizes one aspect of the mystical relationship in particular - the transformation of man and the world, her goal is the unity of action and contemplation in in the form of the unity of mysticism and resistance. In her perspective, the relationship with God is not an isolated experience of an individual, but a reflection and at the same time a pattern of relationships within creation. Just as it does not separate action from contemplation, it does not separate the relationship between God and man and man and creation. As a result, Sölle's desire to find unity can be found in the background of this approach. It is precisely in the idea of mysticism as resistance, in the mysticism of open eyes, that the dialogical relationship of action and contemplation emerges, which is a mutual relationship. Action and contemplation are two sides of the same coin, i.e. one cannot exist without the other, and their harmony is a prerequisite (and consequence) of mysticism and resistance.
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Moral obligation as sociological fact and theoretical problem: a debate between Bergson and Kant
Palmea, King Reinier ; Ottmann, François (advisor) ; Serban, Claudia (referee)
This work aims to explicate the difference between Bergson and Kant's concept of obligation in light of Bergson's critique of Kant in his book Les Deux Sources de la Morale et Religion (The Two Sources of Morality and Religion). From what perspective does this critique and reading of Kant originate? I argue that it lies in their different approaches to morality. On one hand, Bergson views moral obligation as a sociological and anthropological fact. He applies an existential approach in his moral theory because the anthropological fact he engages with, namely the phenomenon of barbarism during the First World War, provides the framework for his typology of closed and open morality, and his critique of deontology. On the other hand, Kant considers morality as a theoretical problem; morality is a conceptual engagement-an investigation of the concepts that morality presupposes. Their divergent approaches underpin (1) the difference in their conception of freedom in relation to morality and (2) their conception of mysticism as a possible ground for morality. Keywords: obligation, reason, pressure, aspiration, morality, freedom, autonomy, moral creativity, mysticism
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The conception of the transcendent in the workings of Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi
KUČERA, Václav
This work deals with the transcendent in the cosmogonal conception of persian mystic and philosopher Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi. In short it discusses his life, works and historicla-cultural context of the arab world in the 12th century. More broadly it deals with the genesis in the philosophy of illumination, the school of ideas of al-Suhrawardi. It analyses the hierarchy of creation from the transcendent creator through the celestial spheres and angelic beings down to the elemental world of matter. It clarifies that the whole process is a continuum and that the Light of lights has even despite his transcendency a direct relationship with everything it creates. Further it contains a few rules given by al-Suhrawardi as a guide to the successful life. At the end of the work is a short treatise about the history of the philosophy of illumination in between the death of al-Suhrawardi and present days.
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Donated existence: Theological analysis of "élan vital" in Henri Bergson's work
Filip, František ; Novotný, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Svoboda, David (referee)
The diploma thesis "Donated existence: Theological analysis of ‚élan vital' in Henri Bergson's work" presents an analysis of the notion of "vital impetus" of the French philosopher Henri Bergson in order to examine the potential contibution of this concept for contemporary theology and for human society itself. The composition of the thesis consists of five basic parts that correspond to the principal chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to the life of Henri Bergson. The theme of the second chapter is a general introduction to the method of Bergson and the main ideas of Bergson's work. The third chapter focuses directly on the concept of "vital impetus" as it appears and is gradually developed in Bergson's work. The subject of the fourth chapter is a summary of the reception of the idea of "vital impetus". Based on the theological reception, the final chapter examines the potential contribution of this concept to today's theological discussion and the life of human society. The work concludes that although the concept of "vital impetus" is based on the scientific findings that have been already overcome, it can remain constantly inspiring if we reflect what the author wanted to express through him about the reality of our world.
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Czechoslovak Occultism and its Representatives during the First Republic
Šabek, Jiří ; Rákosník, Jakub (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
The bachelor's thesis Czechoslovakia Occultism and its Important Representatives during the First Republic copes the theme of modern occultism in context of western esoteric traditions and formation the modern society. It focuses on the methodological issues of new religion movements and secularization, and on the comprehensive typology of occultism. By processing the thesis a special emphasis was given on deeper culture and historical roots, which were the basics of the Czech modern occultism. Firstly there is the evolution and dynamics of individual occult movements in Czech country and subsequently its most important representatives are mentioned. The main concentration is on the directions, which achieved eminent organized forms during the First Republic such as the spiritism, the hermeticism or the mysticism. However other significant directions are also mentioned in the thesis for example the theosophy. Key words: social history, first republic, new religion movements, secularization, modernization, western esotericism, occultism, hermetism, spiritism, mysticism, theosophy, secret societies, religious societies, Universalia, Psyché
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The Joyful Holiness - The Spirituality of S. M. Braito in his Life and Works
Diviš, Patrick ; Sládek, Karel (advisor) ; Ovečka, Libor (referee)
The Merry Holiness - The Spirituality of S. M. Braito In His Life and Works The goal of this thesis was to inquire the main features of the spirituality of Silvestr Maria Braito, who, in his time, played one of the key roles in the forming of the Christian life in former Czechoslovakia. Above all, it aimed to look into Braito`s spirituality on two levels: on the level of his personal experience, including the experience from the communist prison, and on the level of his works in the spiritual review Na hlubinu. The objective of the thesis was to categorize Braito`s spirituality and compare his theoretical work with the experienced spiritual life, including its changes. Keywords Braito, Na hlubinu, spirituality, mysticism, prayer Počet znaků (včetně mezer): 180 245
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About the Relationship of Humility and Pride
Smetana, Pavel ; Hogenová, Anna (advisor) ; Blažková, Miloslava (referee)
This thesis deals with the research of humility from the view of its elusiveness - it does not define humility and it also does not even try to do so. Conversely, it walks around the phenomenon of humility and points at it in different ways. It uses examples, mostly from works of Comenius, and builds it with parallels from works of Jung, Foucault, Jünger, Drewermann and some other authors. It delimits humility against pride at example of different view of "epoché" in works of Comenius and Descartes; pride is basicly seen where human does not leave any unnaturalness and completely absorbs the world by his own opinion; work also uses Husserl's criticism of Descartes' view of "epoché" and Comenius' criticism of Machiavelli is also mentioned. Thence, the thesis sees the principle of humility in a close relation with the principle of faith or simply with the knowledge of the principle of some higher instance than the human's own sense is. The principle of humility is also nearby to the principle of grace - for this example the thesis researches Simone Weil's concept of "weight and grace"; grace from this point of view is an unpredictable step outside the performance-based part of human life. This thesis deals with mentioned phenomenons at first at the level of the visions of the world, later at the...
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The Mystical path of St. Teresa of Jesus: reflection in the Czech environment since 1900 to the present
Bušková, Magda ; Sládek, Karel (advisor) ; Lorman, Jaroslav (referee)
Saint Teresa of Jesus, the Spanish mystic of 16th century and the Carmelite order reformer presents the doctrine of internal prayer and all its stages in her works based on own personal experience of life with the God. The intention of this work is to analyze Teresa's mystical path as a process of spiritual life with various stages of transformation. It will deal with what it means to be united with the God for the human life in Teresa's conception. It will also submit how Teresa's doctrine of mystical path has been reflected in the Czech environment since 1900 to the present, respectively by Czech authors and by foreign authors of whose works were translated into the Czech language. The work will be based on the concrete text of Interior Castle, in which Teresa represents the soul with number of dwelling places. The structure will be defined by single dwelling places, which are considered the ascetic and mystical stages of the prayer. The work itself, the Interior Castle, will be introduced together with the first to third ascetic dwelling places which had been the subject of previous bachelor's work. The mystical stages of the prayer, which are represented by fourth to seventh dwelling places, will create the main part of the thesis. The reflections of various authors are considered as the...
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