1) the emergence of classical Judaism; rabbinic Judaism and its subsequent development; medieval Judaism; Jewish diaspora; the spread of Judaism as a non-missionary religion. 2) Judaism at the time of rationalism, enlightenment, liberalism and nationalism; contemporary Judaism in the world and its spiritual streams. 3) the Jewish Bible and other sacred texts of Judaism; the concept of religious authority and the nature of sacred space; Jewish customs and holidays; prayers and rituals; Jewish religious law; ethical standards and rules. 4) Jews, Christians and Muslims in history; Jews and Judaism in the Czech Lands and Moravia; the history of anti-Semitism, the phenomenon of Zionism and the causes of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 5) Jesus of Nazareth and His Teachings; the emergence of Christianity and the birth of the early Church; Christians in the Roman Empire; Christian Middle Ages. 6) The reasons for the birth of the Reformation, confessionalism and Christian humanism in the 16th century; Christianity and Christian churches in a time of rationalism, enlightenment and liberalism; contemporary forms of Christianity. 7) comparison of Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodoxy, their doctrinal similarities and differences; forms of institutional structure of churches; Christianity and state power; situation of Christian churches in the Czech Republic. 8) sacred persons in Christianity; major Christian rituals; respect for saints; the phenomenon of Christian pilgrimages; ethical principles of Christianity. 9) ecumenical movement and its development; changing attitudes of Christians towards other religions; Christians and secular society. 10) religion and society in pre-Islamic Arabia; the emergence and historical development and spread of Islam; founder of Umma Muhammad; Koran; mosque. 11) pillars of the Islamic faith; Muslim rites and customs; Islamic legal science and theology. 12) Sunni, Shia other spiritual streams of Islam; caliphate; the nature of Islamic law; ethical principles of Islam. 13) Islam in today's world; Islam in the Czech Lands and Moravia; attitudes of Islam to other religions; Islam and secular society. 14) Buddha and his teachings in historical perspective; the concept of dharma in buddhism; the spiritual and practical meaning of the sangha. 15) Buddhist ceremonies, festivals, pilgrimage sites, cultural objects; sacred persons. 16) dissemination of Buddhist doctrine; schools and movements in Buddhism; monks and theravada, councils, contradictions and differentiation of sangha. 17) Tibetan Buddhism - history and schools; Chinese Buddhism - History and schools; Japanese Buddhism - History and schools. 18) prominent personalities of Buddhist thinking; the situation of Buddhism in today's world; the discovery of Buddhism in the West and the construction of Buddhism; Buddhism in the Czech Republic. 19) historical development of religion in the Czech lands, Moravia and Silesia; early Christianization; ideas and personalities of the Czech Reformation; causes of recatholization and its course. 20) the religious situation in Czechoslovakia in the 20th century - during the interwar, communist and post-communist times; current religious in the Czech Republic from the perspective of the last three censuses.
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