Course: Introduction to Religious Studies

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Course title Introduction to Religious Studies
Course code KFI/ÚR
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Klapetek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. conception of religion 2. typology of religions 3. magic, totemism, animism 4. polytheism, henotheism, monotheism 5. history od religions 6. comparative religious studies 7. contextual religous studies 8. hermenutic religious studies 9. phenomenology of religions 10. institutionalization of czech and world religous studies, 11. main representatives of world/Czech religious studies 12. relationship between religious studies and theology

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
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.
Prerequisites
no prerequisite

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

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.
Recommended literature
  • Bubík, Tomáš. České bádání o náboženství ve 20. století Možnosti a meze. 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-09-0.
  • Eliade, M. Mýtus o věčném návratu. Oikumené, Praha,. 1993.
  • Eliade, M. Posvátné a profánní. Praha: Česká křesťanská akademie, 1994.
  • Funda, O. A. Rozdíl mezi teologem a religionistou. 1993.
  • Geertz, C. Náboženství jako kulturní systém. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000.
  • Heller, J. - Mrázek, M.:. Nástin religionistiky. Praha, 1988.
  • Horyna, B. - A. Úvod do religionistiky. Praha: Oikúmené, 1994.
  • Horyna, B. Religionistika a teologie. 1993.
  • Horyna. Dějiny religionistiky - antologie. Olomouc, 2001. ISBN 80-7182-123-3.
  • Jensen, J. S. The study of religion in a new key. Aarhus, 2003.
  • P. Connolly. Approaches to the Study of Religion, London 1999.
  • Paden, W. Religious worlds : the comparative study of religion. Boston, 1994.
  • Segal, R.A. The Blackwell companion to the study of religion. Malden, 2006.
  • 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, J.Z. Relating religion : essays in the study of religion. Chicago, 2004.
  • Sokol, J. Člověk a náboženství: proměny vztahu člověka k posvátnému. Praha: Portál, 2004.
  • Waardenburg, J. - A. Bohové zblízka. Brno: Masarykova univerzita - Georgetown, 1997.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Philosophy and Religious Studies (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter