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Lecturer(s)
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Straková Katarzyna, Mgr. et Bc. CSc.
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Ruml Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Religion as an academic problem 2) Religion, nature, and culture 3) The study of religion and theology 4) The origins of the academic study of religion 5) Sociology of religion 6) Psychology of religion 7) Anthropology of religion 8) Historical study of religion 9) Religion in the evolutionary perspective 10) Theory of myth 11) Theory of ritual 12) New methods in the study of religion 13) The future of religion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminar
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 38 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to orient herself/himself in world religions |
| to characterise the teaching of individual abrahamic religions |
| to enumerate characteristics of Christian spirituality and liturgy |
| to orient herself/himself in the main streams of Christianity |
| Skills |
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| to analyze both similarities and differences between individual religious traditions |
| to interpret religious source texts from a historical perspective |
| to search for high-quality information concerning history of individual religious traditions |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe rationale and goals of sociology, psychology and anthropology of religion |
| to explain basic problems associated with the concept of religion |
| to describe some theories of myth and ritual |
| to summarize basic thoughts of selected classical scholars of the academic study of religion |
| Skills |
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| to analyse religious phenomena from the perspective of sociology, psychology and anthropology of religion |
| to interpret religious sources by using theories from the academic study of religion |
| to analyse human religiously motivated behaviour by using insights from contemporary social sciences |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Self-study of literature |
| E-learning |
| Textual studies |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Self-study of literature |
| E-learning |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Self-study of literature |
| E-learning |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Horyna, Břetislav; Pavlincová, Helena. Dějiny religionistiky : antologie. Olomouc : Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2001. ISBN 80-7182-123-3.
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Horyna, Břetislav. Úvod do religionistiky. 1. vyd. Praha : ISE, 1994. ISBN 80-85241-64-1.
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Lužný, Dušan. Náboženství a moderní společnost : sociologické teorie modernizace a sekularizace ; Dušan Lužný. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 1999. ISBN 80-210-2224-8.
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Martin, Craig. A critical introduction to the study of religion. Second edition. 2017. ISBN 978-0-415-41993-2.
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Otto, Rudolf. Posvátno : iracionalita v ideji božství a její poměr k racionalitě. Praha : Vyšehrad, 1998. ISBN 80-7021-260-8.
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Paden, William E. Bádání o posvátnu : náboženství ve spektru interpretací. 1. vyd. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-210-2977-3.
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Pals, Daniel L. Osm teorií náboženství. Vydání první. 2015. ISBN 978-80-905211-2-4.
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Říčan, Pavel. Psychologie náboženství. 1. vyd. Praha : Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-547-4.
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