JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: State and Religion

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Course title State and Religion
Course code KFHS/P411
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hoblík Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the political science of religion and to the basic issues of the relationship between the state and religion. 2. Historical (ancient and medieval) and contemporary (with regard to democracy, religious neutrality religious freedom and religious pluralism) conditions of the relationship between the state and religion. 3. Modern philosophical conceptions of the relationship between the state and religion (J. Bodin, N. Machiavelli, B. Spinoza, Th. Hobbes, J. Locke, J. J. Rousseau, G. W. F. Hegel, F. Schleiermacher, B. Bolzano). 4. The concept of separation and models of the relationship between the state and religion in the present. 5. State and religion in the Middle Ages (the role of the church in the formation of the early medieval state, the Holy Empire Roman, theoretical contributions - Thomas Aquinas, Marsilius of Padua, Dante). 6. Basic issues of development in the 16th - 19th century. in Europe (Reformation, consequences of the Thirty Years' War, colonialism and religion, church in nation state, consequences of modernism, republicanism secularization, etc.). 7. The significance of the French Revolution for modern conceptions of the relationship between the state and religion. 8. Changes in the relationship between the state and religion in the 20th century. 9. The relationship between totalitarian regimes and religions. 10. State and religion in Europe (especially England. France, Germany, European Union). 12. Religion in the USA. 13. Vatican. 13. Judaism and Islam and their relation to the state. 14. The relationship between the state and religion in the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject "State and Religion" serves for a comprehensive understanding of the issues indicated by the name. At the same time, it is possible to talk about the theory of the separation of state and church. Separation is an expression for the form of the relationship between the state and the church in many of today's Western states, which is defined against the state church. However, it itself has a long history and continues the history of the sacral kingdom. This implies the specificity and severity of the phenomenon we call separation. Therefore, we follow on the one hand the historical forms of the state church and on the other hand we define the separation. We pay special attention to modern Czech history and the forms in which separation in the Czech Republic manifests itself.
The student will get acquainted with the history of the relationship between the state and religious institutions (especially churches). Understand some concepts of power. He will gain insight into the theory of the separation of state and church. Gain an overview of contemporary concepts of separation.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The student studies the history and present of the relationship between the state and religion. It is important to combine knowledge with reasoning. And also take into account the historical assumptions of current phenomena.
Recommended literature
  • BALÍK, S. - HANUŠ, J. Katolická církev v Československu 1945?1989. Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7325-311-0.
  • DVORNÍK, F. Zrod střední a východní Evropy: Mezi Byzancí a Římem. Praha, 2008. ISBN 80-7260-005-2.
  • FIALA, P. Katolicismus a politika. Brno, 1995. ISBN 80-85959-01-1.
  • FIALA, P. Laboratoř sekularizace: Náboženství a politika v ne-náboženské společnosti ? český případ. Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7325-141-3.
  • FURET, F. Francouzská revoluce, I, Od Turgota k Napoleonovi 1770-1814. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7203-452-9.
  • FURET, F. Francouzská revoluce, II, Od Ludvíka XVIII. po Julese Ferryho (1815?1880). Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7203-851-0.
  • GENTILE, E. Politická náboženství, Mezi demokracií a totalitarismem. Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7325-153-6.
  • HANS, M. Politická náboženství: Totalitární režimy a křesťanství. Brno, 1999. ISBN 80-85959-43-7.
  • JÄGER, P. Církve a náboženské společnosti v České republice a jejich právní postavení: Příručka pro veřejnou zprávu. Brno, 2006. ISBN 80-7325-092-6.
  • LIVET, G. Náboženské války. Praha, 1995. ISBN 80-85913-03-8.
  • MAREK, P. Český katolicismus 1890-1914: Kapitoly z dějin českého katolického tábora na přelomu 19. a 20. století. Olomouc, 2003. ISBN 80-86200-76-0.
  • RAPP, F. Svatá říše římská národa německého: Od Oty Velikého po Karla V.. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7185-726-6.
  • RÉMOND, R. Náboženství a společnost v Evropě. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7106-496-3.
  • ROBBERS, G. Stát a církev v zemích EU. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-200-0967-1.
  • RYNEŠ Václav. Český stát a náboženství v období krize. Praha, 2021.
  • TRETERA, J. R. Stát a církve v České republice. Kostelní Vydří, 2002. ISBN 80-7192-455-5.
  • TRETERA, Jiří Rajmund; HORÁK, Záboj. Konfesní právo. Praha, 2015.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025