Caritas et veritas, 2018 (vol. 8), issue 2

Editorial

Kateřina Brichcínová

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Druhý ročník islamologické konference v Českých Budějovicích

Martin Klapetek

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):225-226  

Rozhovor o životě a díle Jacquesa Maritaina s paní Klárou Jirsovou

Zuzana Svobodová

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):10-11  

Natural Law and Integral Humanism by J. Maritain: Teaching Challenges

Zuzana Svobodová

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):21-30 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.033  

The article examines (based on an analysis of texts of an important French thinker) the concept of natural law and humanism in order to offer inspiration to today's formation of man. This is an analysis of Maritain's work, especially in the field of political philosophy (Integral Humanism and the Crisis of Modern Times, Christianity and Democracy, Man and the State, The Peasant of the Garonne: An Old Layman Questions himself about the Present Time), philosophy of education (Education at the Crossroads, Philosophy and Education, Education and the Humanities, Moral and Spiritual Values in Education, The Crucial Problem of the Education of the Human Being,...

Through Integral Education to Integral Humanism: Jacques Maritain and His Philosophy of Education

Helena Zbudilová

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):45-58 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.035  

The article focuses on the pedagogical legacy of the work of the Neo-Thomistic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973). His philosophy of education is sought especially in the perspective of the personal and integral principle of education and with regard to the author's thesis on 'integral education aimed at integral humanism'. The article provides an overview of the author's pedagogical and publishing activities. His work Humanisme intégral (1936) is placed in relationship with the conclusions of the author's fundamental pedagogical works: Education at the Crossroads (1943), The Education of Man (1963), and Pour une Philosophie de l'Éducation (1959,...

What's Wrong in Modern Education? Maritain's Warning is Valid Today More than Ever

Andrej Rajský

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):59-77 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.036  

The neo-Thomist philosopher Jacques Maritain, in his pedagogical work Education at the Crossroads (1943), which contains four lectures delivered at Yale University, organically presents his dual vision on which his educational-philosophical considerations are based: awareness of values that make the person one universe and 'the absolute', which is connected with the sense of historical forms and needs. Transhistorical ideals need to be transferred to time structures. Education at the Crossroads deals with pedagogical questions in relation to the nature and aim of the human person, especially in the function of requirements typical for modern civilisation...

Does Man Seek More than Himself? Patočka's and Frankl's Concepts of Seeking Meaning and Their Stimuli for Maritain's Integral Humanism at the Beginning of the 21st Century with Regard to Religious and Pedagogical Questions

Ludmila Muchová, Petra Hořejší

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):93-107 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.038  

The article deals with Maritain's interpretation of integral Christian humanism in confrontation with materialistic humanism, man-centred humanism, with the ideas of the philosopher J. Patočka and the psychotherapist V. E. Frankl. Both had a common experience with the totalitarian regimes that Maritain considered to be the logical outcome of materialistic humanism. The description of their ideas is complemented by qualitative research that concerns the perception of the values of beauty, goodness, and meaning in today's young people. The discussion of its results leads, in the context of these ideas, to the formulation of a new relationship between...

The Development and Understanding of the Concept of 'Experience' in John Dewey's Theory of Experiential Learning

Pavel Votava

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):118-128 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.040  

The aim of the article is to show the meaning and use of the concept of 'experience' in different areas in the context of John Dewey's Theory of Experiential Learning. In the introduction, the American philosopher and educator John Dewey and the circumstances leading to pragmatic pedagogy are introduced. In each chapter the author describes the development and understanding of the concept of 'experience' in connection with the specific Dewey publications related to his theory of experiential learning. The first chapter is about the book Democracy and Education, the second chapter deals with the book Experience and Nature, the third chapter handles...

Theologians at the Bedside: On the Role of Theology in Contemporary Bioethical Discourse

Gusztáv Kovács

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):129-136 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.041  

The article discusses the role and mission of theologians in contemporary bioethical discourse. Christian bioethicists turn out to be the odd ones out in any academic discourse from a methodological perspective, however, this peripheral position can also be viewed as a privileged situation. They can act with exceptional freedom in domains which require cooperation between different disciplines, such as bioethics. Moral theologians can contribute most if they make use of this role of being the odd-one-out, with the attitude of having nothing to lose, and by placing relationships, the vulnerable, faith, everyday life experience, and the uncommon at the...

The Church Online: the Roman Catholic Church and Social Media in the Czech Republic

Jakub Havlíček

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):156-175 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.043  

The article deals with how the Catholic Church is presented on the Internet, especially on social networks. It summarises the official opinions of the Church about the Internet and focuses on the state of the use of social networks by the Church, with an emphasis on the Czech environment. It solves the question of interpreting the issue from the point of view of the socially scientific study of religion. Methodologically, it is based on a qualitative descriptive analysis of primary sources and on a quantitative analysis of pages on social networks. From an emic point of view, the presentation on social networks carries out the informational, evangelistic,...

Stress as a Threat and a Challenge for Social Workers and their Profession

Michal Kaczor

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):186-195 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.045  

The main objective of this paper is to present stress as one of the long-standing threats of the 21st century, especially in the context of the social work profession and its performance. The following objective is to introduce the coping strategies or the ways in which individuals - social workers - can cope with stress. Stress is seen as a potential challenge throughout the article. In this context, emphasis is placed on mindfulness as one of many possible tools to overcome the threat of stress by turning it into a challenge, that is, effectively working with stress. Neither the possibilities of cultivating mindfulness in the everyday life of social...

The Concept of Control in Selected Codes of Ethics in Social Work

Radka Janebová, Zuzana Truhlářová

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):210-224 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2018.047  

Social work is referred to as an ambivalent profession which includes both assistance and control. This leads to a number of dilemmas. As support when seeking for the solution to those dilemmas one could use the Code of Ethics for social workers of the Czech Republic. Due to the fact that its current form does not focus on the topic of control and that there are not many guides in the Czech language for its processing, the aim of this text is to find out how control work with clients is processed by selected codes of ethics. In order to achieve the goal, we chose a qualitative analysis of eight selected codes of ethics. We have found that the codes...

Lenka MYNAŘÍKOVÁ, Psychologie lži

Milan Nakonečný

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):227-228  

Jaro KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Psychologie pocitů štěstí. Současný stav poznání

Milan Nakonečný

Caritas et veritas 2018, 8(2):229