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Social utopias - a comparation
Zukal, Jan ; Franěk, Jakub (advisor) ; Sekerák, Marián (referee)
Utopia, a perfect place, a place that doesn't exist. A place that is separated from the outside world and fully self-sufficient. Conception of an ideal state system dealt with dozens of philosophers and political thinkers. In ancient times it was Plato in his writings Constitution and laws. In early Christianity religious community that sought to live in the ideal commonwealth according to God's word. In the Renaissance, it was Thomas More, Utopia which gave its name to the whole genre, or Tomasso Campanella and the Sun. These authors became pioneers of utopian socialism. Utopia is at the same time also dealt with Francis Bacon, who rather than socially conceived scientifically. They were followed by modern utopian socialists, such as Charles Fourier, and Robert Owen. The last part of the development consists of so-called utopia dystopia, or anti-utopia. The best known dystrophic parts are Matrix, or 1984 by George Orwell.
Seventh-Day Adventists between modernism and postmodernism
JETELINA, Bedřich
This work reflects on how the Seventh-day Adventist Church meets the challenges of postmodernism, despite itself having its roots deep in the modern era. The first part deals with the origin of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the development of its dogma. It primarily focuses on the Thomas Reid?s philosophy of common sense and describes the Adventist statements of dogma that are typical of this church and were influenced by the philosophy of common sense. The second part analyses how this church deals with the challenges of the postmodern era. It describes the current categorisation of Adventist theology on the basis of the differing macro-hermeneutic of the individual streams that depend on how they view the relationship between God and time. It also indicates the practical impacts that these various approaches to church praxis lead to. The aim of this work is to be as objective as possible in describing the current situation and show the potential risks and solutions that the church and its members face. In the author?s opinion, an adequate response to the problems of Adventism in the postmodern era can be found in shifting the emphasis to a general Christian perspective and in redefining specifically Adventist teachings.

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