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Lecturer(s)
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Růžičková Jitka, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Hautová Dana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Šestakova Lenka, Mgr. Th.D.
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Course content
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1. Religion as a topic in historical sciences 2. Religion in Assyriology 3. History of thinking about religion and faith 4. Sociology of religion 1 5. Sociology of religion 2 6. Development of religious thinking in the Middle East 7. Religion in perspective of anthropology 8. Cosmogony, cosmology, Theogony, anthropogeny 9. A sacred place, time and its symbolism, cultic calendars 10. Ritual, the theory of rite of passage rituals 11. Demons, monsters and magic, religious symbols 12. Body and clothing, ritual purity, gender and sexuality 13. Dietary rules
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 8 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 57 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - to describe modern history of the Middle East - to explain perspectives of social sciences and humanities and their potential - to explain basic phenomena or elements of the three most important monotheisms - to identify basic academic works on religion in the Middle East and North Africa |
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| - to know and individually use key terms that social sciences work with especially in the context of religion - to work individually with academic literature - to gather information from current information sources and to critically interpret them - to use effectively modern information technology - to identify available academic literature and to evaluate and use it - to use actively English |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to define anthropological concepts and theoretical approaches related to the study of religion - to characterize development in given fields - to explain various religious facts and phenomena from perspectives of given fields - to explain anthropological concepts and theoretical approaches - to name important personalities, movements, events, concepts etc. in the framework of research of Islam and to characterize their meaning - to know important related academic works and especially sources |
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| - to analyse critically available relevant academic sources - to compare and evaluate of potential of the anthropology of religion in practice - to critically reflect sources, literature and audiovisual recordings that they work with - to interpret individually different sources |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Textual studies |
| Lecture |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Written exam |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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| Written exam |
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Recommended literature
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Beránek, Ondřej. Ignác Goldziher ? vězeň z Budapešti : život a dílo zakladatele islamologie. Brno : CDK (Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury), 2010. ISBN 978-80-7325-209-0.
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Bowie, Fiona. Antropologie náboženství. Praha : Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-378-9.
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Buber, Martin. Chasidská vyprávění. Praha : Kalich, 2002. ISBN 80-7017-709-8.
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Fromm, Erich; Machovec, Milan. Budete jako bohové : radikální interpretace Starého zákona a jeho tradice. Praha : Lidové noviny, 1993. ISBN 80-7106-075-5.
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Horyna, Břetislav; Pavlincová, Helena. Dějiny religionistiky : antologie. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2001. ISBN 80-7182-123-3.
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Newman, Ja'akov; Sivan, Gavri'el; Nosek, Bedřich; Ziss, Daniel; Pavlát, Leo. Judaismus od A do Z : slovník pojmů a termínů. Praha : Sefer, 1992. ISBN 80-900895-3-4.
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Tydlitátová, Věra. Dějiny přemýšlení o náboženství a víře. Plzeň : Nakladatelství ZČU, 2010.
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