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Lecturer(s)
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Vodičková Radka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction 2. Development of anthropology of Islam 3. Islam as an anthropological topic 4. Theoretical and methodological problems 5. Muslims in the West 6. Field research in Muslim environments 7. Islam and community 8. Islam and identity 9. Islam and gender studies 10. The current state of the anthropology of Islam 11. Selected case studies 1 12. Selected case studies 2 13. Final discussion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 53 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 8 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 30 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - to know all the essential concepts of Islamic theology and law - to identify Islamic rituals and other elements of religious practice - to characterize various Islamic schools and streams, to know the history of Islam - to know and understand the relevant terminology of social and humanitarian sciences. |
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| - to interpret individually the meaning of Islamic terms, particular works, rituals, and use knowledgeably relevant professional terminology - to work independently with relevant literature and sources. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to realize that Islam, in its particular lived shapes, takes various forms that need to be examined, interpreted, compared etc. - to know important and less known anthropological works dealing with Muslims, to be able to evaluate their contribution and weaknesses - to be prepared for hypothetical field research in Muslim communities and environments. |
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| - to build thematically determined research in the Muslim environment, based on the knowledge of relevant facts from Islamic traditions, theory and adequate methods - to work independently with relevant literature and critically comment on it based on their knowledge of relevant field procedures. |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
| Textual studies |
| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Oral exam |
| Seminar work |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Oral exam |
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| Oral exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Bowen, John Richard. A new anthropology of Islam. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-52978-5.
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Bowie, Fiona. Antropologie náboženství. Praha : Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-378-9.
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Dupret, Baudouin. Ethnographies of Islam : ritual performances and everyday practices. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-7486-8984-2.
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Hicks, David. Ritual and belief : readings in the anthropology of religion. Boston : McGraw-Hill College, 1999. ISBN 0-07-028817-8.
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Křížek, Daniel. Taríqa naqšbandíja haqqáníja : islámská mystická duchovní nauka v teorii a praxi. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, Fakulta filozofická ve spolupráci s Institutem paměti společnosti, 2014. ISBN 978-80-261-0271-7.
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Werbner, Pnina. Pilgrims of love : the anthropology of a global Sufi cult. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-253-21528-5.
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