Course: Theological Anthropology 2

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Course title Theological Anthropology 2
Course code KFI/TA2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vokoun Jaroslav, prof. PhDr. Th.D.
Course content
1-2) Philosophical hypothesis. 3) Biblical hypothesis - a repeating of knowledges gained in first course. 4-5) Patristic anthropology. 6-7) Orthodox anthropology. 8-9) Roman Catholic anthropology. 10-11) Reformational anthropology. 12) Oecumenical anthropolohy? 13) Anthropology of religions outside Christian church. 14-15) Current anthropological topics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The lectures aim to improve the understanding of what mankind means as a concept of theological anthropology. In the context of the development of the Hebrew, Ancient and Christian Western culture and in connection with the meanings that are absorbed and treated in theology, students will be presented with the core of Christianity's view on mankind. An introduction into the differences of Christian anthropologies leads to differentiated knowledge, which enables to distinguish rather than ideologize. The lectures close with analyses of what are felt to be current issues, showing that it is possible to apply criteria of theological anthropology to people's real experiences, their conditions and affairs. This gives evidence of the significance and the essential contribution of the Christian anthropological approach. Theological anthropology cannot be understood in a historicizing manner as a "relic" but as a contemporary, specific attitude. As a theory which, in the width of its context, determines good-quality practice.
Students will gain the ability to differentiate between basic types of Christian anthropologies, and also the non-Christian anthropological discourse.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Studying of compulsory and recommended literature, oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Bolest a naděje. Deset esejů o osobním zrání. Vyšehrad, Praha, 1992.
  • Boublík, V. Teologická antropologie. Kostelní Vydří, 2001.
  • Coreth, E. Co je člověk? Základy filosofické antropologie. Zvon, Praha, 1994.
  • Derrida, J. Víra a vědění. Mladá fronta, Praha, 2003.
  • Eliade, M. Dějiny náboženského myšlení I, II. OIKOYMENH, Praha, 1996.
  • Fromm, E. Umění milovat. Orbis, Praha, 1996.
  • Guardini, R. Svět a osoba. Trinitas, Svitavy, 2005.
  • Kohák, E. Člověk, dobro a zlo. O smyslu života v zrcadle dějin (kapitoly z dějin morální filosofie). Ježek, Praha, 1993.
  • Küng, H. Být křesťanem. Křesťanská výzva. CDK, Brno, 2000.
  • Küng, H. Mozart: stopy transcendence. CDK, Brno, 2002.
  • Lewis, C. S. K jádru křesťanství. Návrat, Praha, 1993.
  • Ondok, J.P. Člověk a příroda. Hledání etického vztahu. Karmelitánské nakl., Kostelní Vydří, 1998.
  • Ondok, J.P. Přírodní vědy a teologie. CDK, Brno, 2001.
  • Palouš, R. Světověk. Vyšehrad, Praha, 1990.
  • Scheler, M. O studu. Mladá fronta, Praha, 1993.
  • Skalický, K. Po stopách neznámého Boha. Náboženství a Bůh v novodobém religionistickém bádání. Trinitas, Svitavy, 2011.
  • Sokol, J. Člověk a náboženství. Proměny vztahu člověka k posvátnu. Portál, Praha, 2004.
  • Sokol, J. Filosofická antropologie. Člověk jako osoba. Portál, Praha, 2002.
  • Sölle, D. Fantazie a poslušnost. Kalich, Praha, 2008.
  • Vácha, M.O. Návrat ke Stromu života. Evoluce a křesťanství. Cesta, Brno, 2005.


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