Course: Theological Aesthetics

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Course title Theological Aesthetics
Course code KPF/B104
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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 Theological Aesthetics 2) Aesthetics and Religion in the history of thought 3) Religion as a system of features (semiological approach) 4) Forms of religious experience 5) Body and physicality in the history of religion 6) Senses in the history of religion 7) Symbolism and its application 8) Orientation in its relation to religious experience 9) Ritual and its aesthetic function 10) Visual Culture 11) The ugliness and distaste in the history of religion 12) The grotesque in the history of religion 13) Modern culture and religion 14) Musicology religion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to broaden the aesthetic field of ZHV by the sub-disciplines of religious studies. The modern subdiscipline "Theological Aesthetics " includes theoretical questions about the relationship aesthetics and religion, its reflection in the history of thought and a current debate on the role of the discipline and its methods. In aesthetics, the question of the relationship between religion and art is combined without substituting the research of art and history The current question is the role of religion, experience, perception, body and senses in the is religion. For theological aesthetics, classic themes of symbols, myth and ritual are adapted. Examples accompanying theoretical considerations are extracted from the history of visual and musical arts. Finally, the aesthetic issue of religion is put into the context of modern culture.
- get acquainted with a relatively new sub-discipline of academic study - can combine classic religious studies basis with the question of aesthetics - understand the connection between aesthetic and religious experience - get oriented in conditions and forming of aesthetic experience related to religion - get acquainted with theological and aesthetic aspects
Prerequisites
The course has no prerequisite courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Participation in seminars, presentation of an essay, seminar work.
Recommended literature
  • ADORNO, Th. W. Estetická teorie. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-902205-4-1.
  • BELL, C. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions. New York, 1992. ISBN 978-0199735105.
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, J. Spiritualita ve filmu. Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7325-132-1.
  • CANCIK, H., MOHR, H. Religionsästhetik. Stuttgart, 1988. ISBN 978-3170105317.
  • CASSIRER, E. Filosofie symbolických forem, I?II. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-86005-10-0.
  • DOLEŽALOVÁ, I. - HAMAR, E. - BĚLKA, L. (vyd.). Náboženství a tělo. Brno, 2006. ISBN 80-210-4115-3.
  • GEERTZ, C. Interpretace kultur. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-89-3.
  • JASCHINSKI, E. Kleine Geschichte der Kirchenmusik. Freiburg, 2004. ISBN 978-3451283239.
  • KULTERMANN, U. Kleine Geschichte der Kunsttheorie. Darmstadt, 1987. ISBN 978-3534021437.
  • LANWERD, S. Religionsästhetik, Studien zum Verhältnis von Symbol und Sinnlichkeit. Würzburg, 2002. ISBN 978-3826022289.
  • LYOTARD, J.-F. Die Analytik des Erhabenen:Kant- Lektionen. Kritik der Urteilskraft. München, 2000. ISBN 978-3770528851.
  • MÜNSTER, D. Religionsästhetik und Anthropologie der Sinne: Vorarbeiten zu einer Religionsethnologie der Produktion und Rezeption ritueller Medien. München, 2001. ISBN 978-3932965524.
  • POCHAT, G. Der Symbolbegriff in der Ästhetik und Kunstwissenschaft. Köln, 1982. ISBN 978-3770114702.
  • ZIMMER, J. Popmusik - zur Theorie und Sozialgeschichte. Giesen. ISBN 978-3879581153.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Philosophy (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -