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Lecturer(s)
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Kopelent Stanislav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content 1. Introduction 2. Religious hybridization and glocalization 3. Religious identities in a globalized world 4. Phenomenon of shamanism 5. Shamanism as a technique of ecstasy 6. Tradition of Western Esotericism and New Age movement 7. Individualization and commercialization of alternative spirituality 8. Animism and neopaganism 9. Western appropriation of indigenous cultures 10. Indigenization of modernity and indigenous spirituality 11. Psychedelic spirituality I 12. Psychedelic spirituality II 13. Conclusions
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Students' portfolio, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 25 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize key concepts of Anthropology of Religion |
| to explain basic dates of espistemology, methodology and theory of social sciences |
| Skills |
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| to read and understand of professional texts in English language |
| to read and understand of professional texts in Czech language |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to analyse relation of Religion of Aboriginal world cultures and Western alternative religiosity, their mutual influencing and transformation |
| to characterize relation of Identity and Religion in the globalized world |
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| to critically reflect accepted information |
| to individually present and interpret text in front of audience |
| to critically evaluate the newest religion phenomena |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Seminar classes |
| Individual study |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills demonstration |
| Students' portfolio |
| Group discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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DuBois Thomas A. Úvod do šamanismu. Praha: Volvox Glomator, 2011.
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Eliade, Mircea. Šamanismus a archaické techniky extáze. 2017. ISBN 978-80-257-2082-0.
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Exnerová Helena. Český šamanismus v rozhovorech. Praha: Dingir, 2018.
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Galiner, Jacques - Molinié, Antoinette. The neo-Indians: A religion for the third millennium. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2013.
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Hanegraaff, Wouter J. New Age religion and Western culture: Esotericism in the mirror of secular thought. Leiden: Brill, 1996.
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Kehoe, Alice B. Shamans and religion: An anthropological exploration in critical thinking. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 2000.
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Palmisano, Stefania - Pannofino, Nicola (eds.). Invention of tradition and syncretism in contemporary religions: Sacred creativity. Palgrave Macmillan: 2017, 2017.
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Rountree, Kathryn (ed.). Contemporary pagan and native faith movements in Europe: Colonialist and nationalist impulses. New York: Berghahn, 2015.
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Znamenski, Andrei A. The beauty of the primitive: Shamanism and the Western imagination. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
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