Caritas et veritas, 2016 (vol. 6), issue 2

Editorial

Michal Opatrný

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):7  

Církevní azyl jako výraz křesťanské odpovědnosti? - Sociálněetická reflexe

Petr Štica

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):316-323  

O uprchlické krizi a roli náboženství při jejím řešení

Michal Opatrný, Jana Maryšková

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):13-16  

with Paul Michael Zulehner (in German)

We Are Strangers Before You and Sojourners, As All Our Fathers Were' (1 Chr 29:15). The Old Testament's Contribution to the Ethical Issue of Migration

Adam Mackerle

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):31-46 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.033  

The paper discusses the Old Testament's witness on the issue of migration. It provides an overview of the most basic relevant texts and divides them into two groups: the witness of Israel as a migrant and the witness of Israel as a host. Without claiming completeness, the paper attempts to summarise in what sense texts can contribute to contemporary ethical discourse on the topic of migration. From the social-economic point of view the refugees are a category of people who are to be helped, but who at the same time pose a threat to the religious integrity of Israel. In a social-cultural and religious sense the Old Testament therefore requires and at...

The Issue of 'World Political Authority' in the Broader Context of Catholic Social Thought

Roman Míčka

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):65-83 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.035  

The paper entitled 'The Problem of "World Political Authority" in the Broader Context of Catholic Social Thought' discusses the concept of 'world political authority' formulated in the social teaching of the Church, with reference to the 'migration crisis' and the 'cosmopolitan principle'. It presents and reflects upon the broad debate in the context of Catholic social thought regarding the character of global political organization and the concept of global governance, especially in the last twenty years. It concludes that the social teaching of the Church identifies 'world political authority' especially with the United Nations, rather than...

The Views and Attitudes of Czech Christians on the Refugee Crisis: Results of a Survey Among Czech Christians

Michal Opatrný

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):99-114 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.037  

The study presents selected elementary results of the social investigation Christians and Refugees, which was realised in the Czech Republic in August 2016. This research focused on the interpretation of several issues associated with the so-called refugee crisis in the EU by practising Christians. It is essentially a theological study, which makes use of certain elements of social scientific methodology. In the first part the theoretical foundation of the investigation is elaborated, of which its basic lens is the theology of signs of the times. In the second part, selected findings of the survey are presented, which are then theologically interpreted...

The Phenomenon of Migration from the Point of View of the Idea of Developing the Common Home Contained in Catholic Social Teaching, Especially as Formulated by Popes Benedict XVI and Francis

Jindřich Šrajer

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):126-137 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.039  

The study reflects upon the phenomenon of migration from the point of view of Catholic social teaching. It aims to view the contemporary problem of migration at the beginning of the third millennium, especially through the eyes of two Popes - Benedict XVI and Francis - based on reflecting upon two principles engaged by Catholic social teaching to justify its attitude towards migration. One is the cosmopolitan principle (the idea of a common home, one world), and the other is the political principle. In the Popes' view, accounting for the idea of the unity of the human race and the requirement of universal brotherhood is a fundamental idea, or rather...

World War II and the Issue of Refugeeism Focusing on the Diocese of České Budějovice in Light of Archive Materials from the Episcopal Archive

Martin Weis

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):149-159 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.041  

World War II brought incomparable suffering to many millions of humans. It is impossible to calculate how many people were forced to leave their homes by the military operations or decisions of statesmen and were either forcibly deported or preferred to emigrate. This study recalls the issue of refugeeism associated with this tragic segment of human history from a specific viewpoint, viz. refugeeism as part of the history of the diocese of České Budějovice from 1938 up to 1947 in light of archive materials from the episcopal archive. It engages authentic documents to show how the issue of refugeeism was perceived and frequently also personally experienced...

The Attitude of Social Workers to the Implementation of the Standards of Quality of Social Services

Markéta Elichová, Anna Sýkorová

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):176-193 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.043  

Based on analysing the results of a research investigation, the paper describes the attitude of social workers to the Standards of Quality of Social Services, especially from the point of view of the individual conception and grasp of the meaning of the Standards for social work by the workers themselves, and especially with respect to their practice in a particular organisation. The views and attitudes of the social workers are set in the context of the present situation in the field of social work and of the innovation of the Standards of Quality which is currently being prepared by the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs. Based on the investigation,...

Solidary Profit and Efficiency of Love. Motives in Contemporary Catholic Economic Ethics

Vojtěch Mašek

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):210-226 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.045  

Based on interpreting important currents within contemporary Catholic economic ethics, the paper examines different approaches to overcoming the deficiency of economic rationality in the sphere of morality and the moral deficiency in the sphere of market economy. In that way, it searches for an answer to the key question of whether and in what form economics ethics is possible in contemporary global economic practice and how Catholic social thinking and tradition can specifically contribute to it.

A Typology of Good and Evil: An Analysis of the Work Education of a Christian Prince by Erasmus of Rotterdam

Ondřej Stulík

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):242-258 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.047  

The paper deals with the political philosophy of Erasmus of Rotterdam in his work Education of a Christian Prince and focuses on the relationship of the concepts of 'goodness', 'wisdom' and 'power' with respect to the rulership of a king in the milieu of a monarchy as a system of government. The paper aims to present a good rulership as a type of a political system and the role of the king as an agent who has political power at his disposal with respect to the moral good as a principle. The methods employed were framing and content analysis. The main finding is the appeal for the king's responsibility for service rendered to his subjects, whereby Erasmus...

Does the Papal Doctrine on Sport Exert Influence on Theologians in the Czech Republic? (An Analysis of Survey Results)

Vojtěch Svoboda

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):271-283 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.049  

This study deals with the theological reflection of sport. In the first part it presents the way in which sport was evaluated by John Paul II and Benedict XVI. The information on this point comes mainly from the speeches, letters and other texts in which the two Popes devoted extensive space to sport. The second part of the study presents the answers to questions concerning the body and sport, which the author presented to a selected specimen of theologians in the Czech Republic. The study aims to provide the possibility to compare these two types of statements. The papal statements and the addressed theologians mostly agree on the question of how...

Churchly or Worldly Diakonia?

Karel Šimr

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):299-315 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.051  

The paper attempts to reflect on the subject of 'worldliness' and 'churchliness' of diakonia from a theological standpoint based on the example of the development of the Diaconia of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. It first lays out two different attitudes present at the inception of this institution in 1989. The two attitudes are subsequently placed in the context of the theological discussion of diakonia in the German Protestant environment since the second half of the twentieth century. Engaging N. Luhmann's Social Systems Theory, which conceives diakonia as a function of the religious system in relation to other subsystems of society,...

Michael KLESSMANN (ed.), Handbuch der Krankenhausseelsorge

Jana Maryšková

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):326-327  

Mezinárodní konference Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East and Asia

Martin Klapetek

Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(2):324-325