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Course: Religionistics in Helping Professions

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Course title Religionistics in Helping Professions
Course code UHP/KRVPP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Doskočil Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Th.D.
Course content
1. Introduction, fundamental terminology and issues. A man as the "homo religiosus" - religious dimension in the life of a man. Religious studies and their disciplines - the history of religious thinking, the philosophy of religion, the sociology of religion, the psychology and the psychopathology of religion. 2. Judaism 3. Christianity and Christian churches 4. Islam 5. Religious traditions of the Far East - Hinduisms, Buddhism.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the optional course of the Religious studies in assisting professions is to enhance the students perception of the religious dimension of human life as its integral part so that the students of assisting professions have tolerant and understanding approach to spiritual and religious needs of patients/clients. The instruction concerns fundamental concepts of the philosophy, psychology and sociology of religion. In particular, it deals with the characteristics of the mainstream religions and focuses on practical impacts of specific religions and traditions on the life of an individual and the society.
The student should be able to perceive specific needs of patients/clients arising from their spiritual and religious nature with understanding and tolerance and they should be able to meet them. They should be able to recognize indications of spirituality in its various forms; they know that spirituality cannot be reduced to a mere religious belief. They are able to characterize the most important religious systems of the present time; they know fundamentals of their doctrines and the basic historical relations of their origin and development. The student is aware of identical features as well as differences between the individual religious traditions and they are able to differentiate even within such systems (e.g. differences between the individual Christian churches).
Prerequisites
General knowledge of and interest in the respective field of study.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

The student shall opt for one aspect of an individual (such as birth and childhood, sexuality and marriage, food and eating habits, health and disease, clothing, education, work, death and funeral, etc.). They shall apply the method of comparison to the selected phenomenon from the point of view of 3 selected religious traditions in the form of a paper (minimum scope 5 pages).
Recommended literature
  • Eliade, M. - Culianu, I. P. Slovník náboženství. Praha: Argo, 2001. ISBN 80-7203-393-X.
  • Eliade, M. Dějiny náboženského myšlení I - III. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997.
  • Eliade, M. Posvátné a profánní. Praha: Česká křesťanská akademie, 1994.
  • Elser, M. (ed.) a kol. Enycyklopedie náboženství. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakl., 1997. ISBN 80-7192-188-2.
  • Halík, T. Prolínání světů: ze života světových náboženství. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006. ISBN 80-7106-834-9.
  • Keene, M. Světová náboženství. Praha: Knižní klub, 2003. ISBN 80-242-0983-7.
  • Kropáček, L. Duchovní cesty islámu. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003. ISBN 80-7021-613-1.
  • Küng, H. - Bechert, H. Křesťanství a buddhismus. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998. ISBN 80-7021-239-X.
  • Küng, H. - Ching, J. Křesťanství a náboženství Číny. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1999. ISBN 80-7021-294-2.
  • Küng, H. - van Ess, J. Křesťanství a islám.. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998. ISBN 80-7021-262-4.
  • Küng, H. - von Stietencron, H. Křesťanství a hinduismus. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1997. ISBN 80-7021-229-2.
  • Mácha, P. Hledání středu: světová náboženství v původních textech. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2005.
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  • Pavlincová, H. - Horyna, B. (edd.). Judaismus, křesťanství, islám. Olomouc: Olomouc, 2003. ISBN 80-7182-165-9.
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  • Skalický, K. Po stopách neznámého Boha. Náboženství a Bůh v novodobém religionistickém bádání. null. Praha, Aula, 1994. ISBN null.
  • SKALICKÝ, K. V zápase s posvátnem. Brno : CDK, 2005.
  • Smith, H. Světová náboženství. Praha: Knižní klub, 1995.
  • Sokol, J. Člověk a náboženství: proměny vztahu člověka k posvátnému. Praha: Portál, 2004.
  • Štampach, I. O. Přehled religionistiky.. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-384-0.
  • Štampach, I. O. Sekty a nová náboženská hnutí. Praha: Oliva, 1994.
  • Vojtíšek, Z. Encyklopedie náboženských směrů v České republice.. Praha: Portál, 2005. ISBN 80-7178-798-1.
  • Weber, M. Sociologie náboženství. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998. ISBN 80-7021-240-3.


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