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Course: History of Religious Studies

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Course title History of Religious Studies
Course code KRE/DTRE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Fárek Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction with the course content, literature and periodicals. Predecessors of the research in the Study of Religions. The origin of an academic discipline. The institutionalization of scientific Studies of Religions at universities. The initial methodological points of departure. A dispute on the topic: "Who knows one religion knows none." Organizational structure of the Study of Religion and world congresses. Contemporary methodological approaches in the Study of Religions Religious Studie in the Czech republic

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the formative phases of the Study of Religions which have resulted in an independent scholarly discipline, developmental variants of that discipline, Study of Religions as a systematic scholarly discipline, particular methodological conceptions of the approach to religion, gradual development of different scientific centres, important departments in history and present times and their characterization, important personalities (abroad as well as in the Czech Republic) who have contributed to the Study of Religions in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lectures will be supplemented by critical reading of the scholarly literature especially the book "Comparative Religion. A History" by Erich Sharpe.
Students will acquire basic knowledge of the history of their discipline, including methodological problems, which were discussed duirng the development of the discipline.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

1. attendance at lectures 2. reading of two compulsory publications 3. submission of summary of assigned compulsory readings (no later than January 15, each with a maximum of 3 pages) 4. passing a written exam (based on the lectures and the compulsory literature)
Recommended literature
  • BUBÍK, T. České bádání o náboženství ve 20. století. Pavel Mervart, Červený Kostelec, 2010.
  • CAPPS, H. W. Religious Studies. The Making of a Discipline.. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 1995.
  • FITZGERALD, T. The Ideology of Religious Studies.. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 2000.
  • HORYNA, BŘETISLAV A PAVLINCOVÁ, HELENA. Dějiny religionistiky. Antologie. Nakladatelství Olomouc, Olomouc 2001, s. 7 - 76.. Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2001.
  • SHARPE, E. J. Comparative Religion. A History. New York, Scribner's, 1975.
  • SKALICKÝ, K. V zápase s posvátnem. CDK, Brno, 2005.
  • STONE, R. J. The Craft of Religious Studies.. Macmillan Press Ltd. London, 1998.
  • TAYLOR, C. M. Critical Terms of Religious studies.. University of Chicago Press, Cicago, 1998.
  • WAARDENBURG, J. Bohové zblízka. Systematický úvod do religionistiky. Ústav religionistiky filosofické fakulty MU Brno, 1997, s. 24 - 40.. Ústav religionistiky filosofické fakulty MU Brno, 1997.
  • WAARDENBURG, J. Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion. Aims, Methods and Theories of Research. Introduction and Anthology. New York - Berlin, 1999.
  • WHALING, F. (ed.). Theory and Method in Religious Studies. Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion. Berlin - New York, Mouton de Gruyter, 1995.. Berlin - New York, Mouton de Gruyter, 1995.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Religious Studies (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 28.05.2024 23:50.