Course: Sociology of Religion

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Course title Sociology of Religion
Course code KCHP/SN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Tlčimuková Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content


Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), E-learning
Learning outcomes
What is religion and how can we study it? Is there a general decline in religiosity or is religious life in contemporary societies on its rise? The course provides an overview of possible answers to these questions from a sociological perspective. The scientific study of religion has a long tradition which takes up various forms and centralizes specific topics within the field of sociology of religion. The students will be introduced to the historical context in which the discipline was established and its development. We shall discuss classic theories of the relationship between religion and society as well as new trends in the study of religions.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Combined exam, Interim evaluation

Recommended literature
  • Dušan Lužný. Náboženství a moderní společnost: Sociologické teorie modernizace a sekularizace. Brno, 1999.
  • Dušan Lužný. Nová náboženská hnutí. Brno, 1997.
  • Emile Durkheim. Elementární formy náboženského života. Praha, 2002.
  • Max Weber. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Praha, 2009.
  • Nešpor, Z. et al. Příručka sociologie náboženství.. 2008.
  • Richard K. Fenn. The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion. Oxford, 2003.


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