Obřady loučení se zemřelými: Sekulární, náboženské nebo raději žádné pohřby?

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Authors: Nešporová, Olga
Contemporary Czech Burial Practices are strongly influenced by the experience communist régime during which the religious funerals were replaced by secular rituals. The study uses two surveys that document this fact.
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Last Rites in a Post-Communist Country. The Introduction of Civil Funeral Rites during the Communist Era and its Consequences for Contemporary Czech Society

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Authors: Nešporová, Olga
The paper introduces the specific features of contemporary last rites in the CR. The history of cremation and the introduction of the civil funeral ceremony during the communist era are briefly mentioned since the author is convinced that current death rituals as practised by the...
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Veřejná připomínka smrti - pomníčky u silnic obětem dopravních nehod

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Authors: Nešporová, Olga
The study describes new social habit ľ creating public roadside memorials in the Czech Republic. They generally take the form of permanent constructions to remind travellers of both the accident and the deceased; most often young men. Such memorials are constructed and visited by...
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Rodina a kariéra ve světle hodnot a víry

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Authors: Anýžová, P., Kubátová, H., Matějů, P.
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‘The Core of My Work Is in Being with People Who Do Not Practice Faith in Any Way’: The Self-Perception of Czech Hospital Chaplains

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Authors: Beláňová, Andrea
The article focuses on the understudied topic of contemporary hospital chaplaincy in the Czech Republic, its development, and the current issues this work is dealing with. Based on a study conducted among Czech hospital chaplains affiliated with the Evangelical Church of Czech Br...
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