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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. The concept of religion. (problems of defining the general concept of religion from antiquity to the present; religious facts, experiences and norms). 2. Theory of origin and development. (evolutionary, depravation and responsive theories of the origin of religion). 3. Historical religions. (Friedrich Max Muller, Cornelius Petrus Tiele, Kurt Rudolph). 4. Typology of religion. (geographic, sociological, morphological, genetic and systematic aspects; J. Heller). 5. Comparative religions. (evaluation and scientific comparison, types of religious comparison; Raffael Petazzoni, Georg Dumézil). 6. Sociology of religion. (Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, E. Troeltsch, J. Wach, P. L. Berger). 7. Psychology of religion. (E. D. Starbuck, J. H. Leuba, W. James, R. Otto). 8. Deep psychology and religion research. (S. Freud, C. G. Jung, E. Fromm, K. Kerenyi). 9. Anthropology of Religion (E. Tylor, L. Frobenius, F. Graebner, W. Schmidt, A.R. Radcliffe-Braun, B. Malinowski, E.E. Evans Pritchard, C. Levi Strauss) 10. Geography of religion. (Ch. L. Montesquieu, F. Ratzel and his disciples, M. Büttner). 11. Hermeneutic religion. (J. K Droysen and History School, W. Dilthey, J. Wach, M. Eliade, J. Waardenburg). 12. Phenomenology of religion. (P. D. Chantenpie de la Saussaye, R. Otto, G. van der Leeuw, M. Eliade). 13. Institutionalization of world religion. (World University Institutes, IAHR, EAHR). 14. History and institutionalization of Czech and Slovak religion. (university workplace, CERES, Czech Society for the Study of Religions). 15. Relationship between religions and theological disciplines. (F. Heiler, N. Söderblom, dialectical theology of K. Barth, W. C. Smith).
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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 deals with the basic problems, terminology and methods of religious studies. Students get acquainted with texts about conception of religion, typology of religions, magic, totemism, animism, polytheism, henotheism, monotheism, history od religions, comparative religious studies, contextual religous studies, hermenutic religious studies, phenomenology of religions, institutionalization of religous studies, Academic societies or religious studies and theology.
Student can understand methodology and history of religious studies.
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Prerequisites
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no prerequisite
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Student performance assessment
Student must know the contents of lectures and recommended literature. Choose the publication of every one in group A and B. The test will be interviewed on their choice of literature. A: Horyna, B.: Úvod do religionistiky. Praha: Oikúmené 1994, 131 s. (nebo) Waardenburg, J.: Bohové zblízka. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Georgetown 1997, 164 s. B: Skalický, K.: Po stopách neznámého Boha. (Svitavy: Trinitas 1999) Řím: Křesťanská akademie 1994, 164 s. (nebo) Heller, J. - Mrázek, M.: Nástin religionistiky. Praha: Kalich 2004, 316 s. Students are also required to prepare a paper from a book from the bibliography of papers. Specific selection of books signed by the student on the sheet posted at the bulletin board of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Theology, next to office number 4.28.
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Recommended literature
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Bubík, Tomáš. České bádání o náboženství ve 20. století Možnosti a meze. 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-09-0.
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Eliade, M. Mýtus o věčném návratu. Oikumené, Praha,. 1993.
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Eliade, M. Posvátné a profánní. Praha: Česká křesťanská akademie, 1994.
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Funda, O. A. Rozdíl mezi teologem a religionistou. 1993.
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Geertz, C. Náboženství jako kulturní systém. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000.
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Heller, J. - Mrázek, M.:. Nástin religionistiky. Praha, 1988.
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Horyna, B. - A. Úvod do religionistiky. Praha: Oikúmené, 1994.
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Horyna, B. Religionistika a teologie. 1993.
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Horyna. Dějiny religionistiky - antologie. Olomouc, 2001. ISBN 80-7182-123-3.
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Jensen, J. S. The study of religion in a new key. Aarhus, 2003.
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P. Connolly. Approaches to the Study of Religion, London 1999.
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Paden, W. Religious worlds : the comparative study of religion. Boston, 1994.
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Segal, R.A. The Blackwell companion to the study of religion. Malden, 2006.
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Skalický, K. Po stopách neznámého Boha. Náboženství a Bůh v novodobém religionistickém bádání. null. Praha, Aula, 1994. ISBN null.
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SKALICKÝ, K. V zápase s posvátnem. Brno : CDK, 2005.
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Smith, J.Z. Relating religion : essays in the study of religion. Chicago, 2004.
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Sokol, J. Člověk a náboženství: proměny vztahu člověka k posvátnému. Praha: Portál, 2004.
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Waardenburg, J. - A. Bohové zblízka. Brno: Masarykova univerzita - Georgetown, 1997.
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