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Lecturer(s)
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Hoblík Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The concept of religion and specific differentiation 2. The concept of spirituality 3. Transcendence 4. Religious speech, symbol, myth 5. Religious ideas 6. The idea of divinity 7. Religious behaviors, cult, rite 8. The term sacred and its representation 9. Atheism, its history and variation 10.The field of religion 11. Typology of religion 12. Current religious situation 13. Sects and New Religious Movements
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Introduction to Religious Studies is a basic religious studies course that will get students of two-field social sciences acquainted with the field of religion, its history, movements, methodology and its themes. Theoretical considerations on the discipline and the subject of its studies (e.g. definition, origin, religion, religiosity, atheism, interreligious relations) strive for document based on specific material. On the contrary, e.g. to theology, it outlines the basic questions of comparative literature, history, religion, phenomenology and hermeneutics and contextual religion. The aim of the course is to get students oriented in the discipline and develop their critical thinking on relevant issues.
Student will acquire the following academic knowledge: - acquire fundamental theoretical basis for the study of religion in terms of humanistic sciences - get acquainted with religious studies concepts, methods and history and principles of academic discipline - understand the religion as a historical phenomenon - know propria of Western and Eastern religions - understand current situation and consequences of the history of religion - understand the current situation of religion, new religious phenomena - can distinguish dangerous sects
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Prerequisites
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The course has no prerequisite courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Essay on a topic of obligatory monograph.
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Recommended literature
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DENNY, F. Islám a muslimská obec. Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-7260-088-5.
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FISHBANE, M. A. Judaismus: Zjevení a tradice. Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-7260-086-9.
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FRANIELOVÁ, S. S. Křesťanství: Cesta spásy. Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-85190-94-X.
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HELLER, J., MRÁZEK, J. Nástin religionistiky: Uvedení do vědy o náboženství. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7017-721-7.
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KROPÁČEK, L. Duchovní cesty islámu. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7021-925-6.
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LESTER, C. Buddhismus: Cesta k osvícení. Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-7260-087-7.
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ŠTAMPACH, I. Přehled religionistiky. Praha, 2008. ISBN 80-7260-087-7.
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