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Course: Religious Studies Research Methods

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Course title Religious Studies Research Methods
Course code KFR/MRVY
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Valentinová Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Methods of individual activities, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes

Students will learn about important Czech and foreign libraries; they will also encounter encyclopedias in a foreign language and important scholarly journals, as well as web-pages relevant for Religous Studies. Students will enhance their understanding of the procedures of reading, interpretations and writing a scholarly text. Some examples of field research will also be mentioned (statistical methods, compiling questionnaires, and so on).
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Creative work analysis, Discussion

Regural attandance. Students will submit search-list on chosen topic - at least 15 entries, including scholarly articles (in the middle of April); before the last lesson a thesis structure (at least one page; A4 format). During the "zapoctovy" week, students will deliver a five-minute oral presentation.
Recommended literature
  • BUZAN, T. Síla kreativní inteligence, 1. české vydání, 131 s.. Praha: Columbus, 2002.
  • ECO, U. Jak napsat diplomovou práci, 1. české vydání, 271 s.. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997.
  • GADAMER, H. G. Problém dějinného vědomí, 1. české vydání, 56 s. (řada Parva philosophica, sv. 6). Praha: Filosofia, 1994.
  • GRAHAM, W. A. Beyond the Written Word. Oral aspects of srcipture in the history of religion, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1987), xiv, 306 p.. Cambridge - New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  • McCUTCHEON, R. T. The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion. A Reader, 1st ed., London - New York, Cassell, 1999, viii, 405 p. (First Vol. of the Controversies in the Study of Religion Series). London: New Your, 1999.
  • SAÍD, E. Orientalism, Western Conceptions of the Orient, 4th ed. (1st ed. 1978), xi, 396 p.. London - New York: Penguin Books, 1995.
  • TOMAN, J. Organizace a technika duševní práce, 1. vyd., 252 s.. Praha: Svoboda, 1970.
  • WEBER, M. ,,Objektivita sociálnovedného a socálno-politického poznania" (1904), in: M. Weber, K metodológii sociálnych vied (ed. František Novosad), 409 s.; s. 41-112. Bratislava: Pravda, 1983.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 15.03.2026 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026