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Lecturer(s)
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Klapetek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Tlčimuková Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Prehistory of study of religion 2. Religion and society in 19th century Europe 3. Formative phases of religion 4. Animism and magic 5. Religion and personality 6. Society as sacred 7. Religion as alienation 8. Source of social action 9. Sacred reality 10. Social 'creation of the heart' 11. Religion as a cultural system 12. Cognitive religion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims to deepen students' knowledge of problems, terminology, subject, methods and history. It specifies the current knowledge of the position of this field in the context of other related doctrines, especially philosophy, ethics, theology and history. Special attention is paid to deepening the knowledge of the internal systematization of religious studies during its historical development up to the present state of research. Students will gain an orientation in the field of history of religion, psychology of religion, sociology of religion, cultural anthropology, phenomenology of religion and cognitive religion. Students will deepen their existing knowledge of methods of study of various sources, with the use of scientific literature and with the formal requirements of independent scientific work. The result is the application of acquired knowledge in the work on the topic of the history and methodology of religion
Students will acquire or consolidate the following professional knowledge and skills: - knowledge of the development of scientific studies of religion from the end of the 19th century to the present, - skills of orientation in the historical context of the development of a particular field, writing a comparative study, argumentation of its attitude in discussion with the teacher.
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Prerequisites
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The prerequisite course is KFI / ÚREL Introduction to the Study of Religions.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
The student is obliged to elaborate a commented translation of a professional foreign-language study related to the history of religion. The output is a translation of the article with the translator's commentary. In short, it is necessary to outline the line of argument of the article, to point out possible discrepancies and to point out a different view of another expert in the relevant scientific field. In the end, the translator expresses his / her already familiar view (agreement / disagreement), which briefly supports the arguments. The student is also obliged to write a seminar paper. They choose three theoretical directions in the field of religion based on the relevant chapters of compulsory literature, recommended literature and other appropriate information sources. They will briefly introduce these directions in their work and compare them above all. In the text of the seminar work, the author observes and compares the first bases of theories and relations to other streams within the study of religions, 2. their basic professional themes and 3. the methods they deal with. In the end he / she expresses his / her already familiar view of the issue, which will briefly support the arguments. The student confirms the concrete selection of the article by signing it on a sheet posted on the notice board of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of TF JU next to the office 4.28. Commented translation and seminar paper will be sent electronically no later than the last week of teaching to the email address of the teacher klapetek@tf.jcu.cz
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Recommended literature
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Bubík, T.:. České bádání o náboženství ve 20. století. Možnosti a meze. Č. Červený Kostelec, 2010.
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Connolly, P.:. Approaches to the Study of Religion.. Londýn, 2001.
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Hampejs, T. ? Chalupa, A.:. Kognitivní věda o náboženství: východiska, cíle a krátká historie. Pantheon, 2014, roč. 9, č. 1, s. 10-43.. Pardubice, 2014.
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Horyna, B. - Pavlincová, H.:. Dějiny religionistiky.. Olomouc, 2001.
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Jensen, J. S.:. The study of religion in a new key.. Aarhus, 2003.
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Paden, W.:. Religious worlds : the comparative study of religion.. Boston, 1994.
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Pals, D. L.:. Pals, D. L.: Osm teorií náboženství.. Praha, 2015.
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Segal, R. A.:. The Blackwell companion to the study of religion.. Malden, 2006.
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Skalický, K.:. V zápase s posvátnem.. Brno, 2005.
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Smith, J. Z.:. Relating religion : essays in the study of religion.. Chicago, 2004.
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