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Course: Fenomenology of Religion I

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Course title Fenomenology of Religion I
Course code KRE/FENA1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Váchal Marek, Mgr.
  • Palatáš Marcel, Mgr.
Course content
- Rudolf Otto - William Brede Kristensen - Gerardus van der Leeuw - Friedrich Heiler - Gustav Mensching - Mircea Elide - Jacques Waardenburg - James Cox

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on the phenomenology of religion, one of the two methodological approaches of the first half of 20th century. The origins of phenomenology of religion, so called understanding phenomenology and newer phenomenological approaches, so called neophenomenology of religion will be discussed during semestr. There will be focus on the problems concerning phenomenological understanding and reexperiencing of religious contents, making of ideal types and typology of religious persons according to van der Leeuw.
Interrpretation of scholars texts in foreign language. Reflextion of theoretical problems of study of religion.
Prerequisites
Ability of reading of english scholars texts.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Systematic monitoring

Requirement for pass: - active participation in the seminar (preperation from lecture to lecture, two absences are tolerated) - assumption of report of the lecture
Recommended literature
  • Gebelt, Jiří. Aplikovaná hermeneutika Jacquese Waardenburga. Sémantický a fenomenologický výzkum náboženství. Religio. Revue pro religionistiku 12, s. 5-28, 2004.
  • Gebelt, Jiří. Religionistika jako svědectví víry. Fenomenologie náboženství Gerarda van der Leeuwa. Theologická revue 76, s. 404-422, 2005.
  • Heiler, Friedrich. Prayer. A Study in the History and psychology of Religion. Oneworld Publications, 1997. ISBN 978-1851681433.
  • Hoffmann, Henryk. Geo Widengren i fenomenologia religii. Widengren, G. Fenomenologia Religii. Krakow: Nomos, s. ix-xxviii, 2008. ISBN 978-83-60490-70-9.
  • James, George A. Interpreting Religion: The phenomenological Approaches of Pieere Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, W. Brede Kristensen, and Gerardus van der Leeuw. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1995. ISBN 0- 8132-0831-9.
  • King, Ursula. Historical and Phenomenological Approaches. Whaling, F. (ed.). Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, s. 29- 164. Berlin and New York: Mouton Publishers, 1984. ISBN 3-11-009834-2.
  • Kristensen, William Brede. The Meaning of Religion: Lectures in the Phenomenology of Religion. Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971. ISBN 978-9024700844.
  • Leeuw, Gerardus van der. Religion in Essence and Manifestation: a Study in Phenomenology. Harper, 1963.
  • Otto, Rudolf. Posvátno : iracionalita v ideji božství a její poměr k racionalitě. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998. ISBN 80-7021-260-8.
  • Oxtoby, Willard G. Religionswissenschaft revisited. Neusner, Jacob. Religions in Antiquity: Essays in Memeory of Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough, s. 590-608. Leiden: Brill, 1970. ISBN 1-59-244743-0.
  • Schleiermacher, Friedrich. O náboženství : promluvy ke vzdělancům mezi jeho utrhači. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7021-849-5.
  • Twiss, Sumner B.; Conser, Walter H. Experience of the Sacred: Readings in the Phenomenology of Religion. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1993. ISBN 0-87451-530-0.


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 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
University of Pardubice, date of update: 27.05.2024 23:50.