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Religiosity and Prosocial Behaviour in Elementary School Age Children
VOCÁSKOVÁ, Michaela
This thesis deals with religosity and religiousness in elementary school age children in context with manifestations of prosocial behavior. The main aim of the thesis is to describe differences between children from religious families and children from non-religious families. Whether children from religious families behave more prosocially. The partial aim is to find out if the children consider themselves to be believers, or how they describe their beliefs. The theoretical part contains information about the development period of the elementary school age, description of the terms "religiosity" and "prosocial behavior" and introduction to previous research on this topic. Practical part consists of documentation of qualitative and quantitative research, description of its methodology and presentation of results. The research group is the 5th grade children. The research consists of observation of children in the natural environment (school class), a questionnaire survey and a semi-structured interview with selected pupils. This research has proven that religious children considered themself as more prosocial than non-religious children. Also the results of observation and teachers evaluation has shown religious children as more prosocial than non-religious. Furthermore result suggested the differences in prosociality between boys and girls. Differences has also shown between the different kind of elementary schools. In the qualitative part have been discovered different perceptions on religion between religious and non-religious children. For religious children is more important emotional and social dimension of religion. Non-religious children spoke about religion primaly on cognitive level.
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Religious Conversion - Authentic Testimonies of Converts
Mašková, Eva ; Kučera, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Vogel, Jiří (referee) ; Čornej, Petr (referee)
Religious conversion is an interesting phenomenon that crosses religious beliefs. This phenomenon intersects with many various disciplines, from medicine through the scientific disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, religious studies, psychology and theology. Religious conversion may on the one hand be a demonstration of deep spiritual experience and on the other, the result of strong pressure from others. We can get closer to the truth only through the authentic testimonies of the converts. This is why I have chosen the theme of the religious conversion in the context of "pure experience". We can see differences among conversions to various religions. But it is necessary to say, that I am interested in conversion to Christianity. But the Christianity of two thousand years ago is not the Christianity of today. The Apostle Paul joined a marginal movement at a time when such acceptance was punishable by death. Today, however, converts have joined millions of faithful around the whole world. And this is why religious conversion to Christianity is a lively phenomenon. In my thesis I would like to clarify the question: "What is religious conversion?" Is it a manifestation of the power of God, or is it a clearly human decision? Has the conversion some connection with the social environment, or is...
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Construction of realities of Influenced by out - of - Body experiences
Herrmann, Natanael ; Grznár, Miroslav (advisor) ; Janas, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis concerns people who went through out-of-body experiences. It examines them in the perspective of social construction of reality. It concerns symbolic language which these people use to describe realities of finite provinces of meanings which they experience in their out-of-body experience. This thesis is mainly based on the book from two sociologists Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann Social construction of reality. The theoretical part is also based on books about mysticism, lucid dreaming, near-death experiences, psychedelic substances and shamanism. As a method autor uses narrative analysis and in interviews with informants he shows how these experiences affect them in their view on our everyday life and also in their attitude to death. Last thing which this thesis concerns is the relation between different techniques of induction of these out-of-body experiences and the depth of these experiences. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Paul's conversion and its possible psychological interpretations
Mašková, Eva ; Lukeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Beneš, Jiří (referee)
This diploma thesis aims for broad issue religious conversion especially in the case of the Apostle Paul. It is psychological and theological reflection of his conversion to Christianity, as described by the canonical New Testament texts. The forepartof the thesis reports theoretically into the location of the conversion of the Apostle Paul in the Acts of the Apostles and Paul's epistles. For the purpose of this diploma thesis the author describes briefly hagiotherapy method, a technique that combines knowledge of psychology and theology. The author focuses on the psychological perspective on religious conversion, its history and current state of research. The closing section of the thesis combines views of psychology and theology. Special attention aims at Paul's personality, which is described with the help of psychological terminology. Keywords: Religious conversion, The Apostle Paul, psychology of religion, hagiotherapy.
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Possession in voodoo - perspective of psychology and science of religion
KRONIKA, Ondřej Alexandr
The work concentrates on going through possesion conected with professing Haitian voodoo. Theoretical part provides an insight to this issue by usig view of religion psychology and transpersonal psychology orientation. There´s a part devoted to types of religous experiences, to problems of changed mind levels, psycho-spiritul crisis, etc. By using view of comparable religious, possession is also presented as a phenomemon which occures across different cultures. Possession is mainly presented in context of Haitian voodoo, which takes a separate. Quantitative research was choosen for practical part of work. In form of half-structured interview, there were mapped religion experiences of persons who have experiences with possission referring to professiong and practicing Haitian voodoo. Experiences of 4 respondents are observed by a psychological view. Research primarily focuses on psychical processes and symptoms connected with experiences with voodoo possession. Wider context as motives for making possission, circumstances when changed mind level can occurs, or influences which can endure from possession state even after the experience subsudes, is also taken into consideration.
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Confessional religious education for students coming from secular environment?
SMÍTKOVÁ, Alena
The main topic of this work is an effort to answer the question, whether confessional teaching of religion is the right way to approach pupils from secular environment. In the first part of my work I follow up the definition of catechesis and its history. Next I compare confessional and unconfessional way of teaching religion, and as an alternative to it, I propose the teaching focused on cultural context. I also give attention to the term ?secular society? and consequences from that in religion teaching. I look for goals and contents of religion teaching in individual church documents with consideration to non-religious pupils. In the last section of this work I pay attention to developmental psychology, development of religious judgment and the character of educator. In the very end I try to find solutions to teachings focused on cultural context.
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Methods Psychologism of Missioning Religions
PLOS, Michal
Author´s research has led to the processing of psychologism theory as a tool to detect the methodological procedure of doctrine of Jehova´s Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Bahai Faith, Haifan Bahaism from movement management, through the movement medium to the seeker and to what extent can these doctrines manipulate the seeker. The thesis attempts to extract the thinking core within new religious movements, as a prerequisite for the detection of intentions of the mentioned movements, and also it tries to extract analogous statements about how these movements may develop in the future stages of their existence. The basic tool of academic study and view: comparison, psychology of religion.
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